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Cold War
Häftad, 2007
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165 kr
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A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction.In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning...Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why …
On Grand Strategy
Häftad, 2019
147 kr
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'A training manual for our troubled times ... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements. ... It is a book that cares about liberty, choice and a moral compass, that warns against hubris' Roger Boyes, The TimesJohn Lewis Gaddis, the …
Tillämpad historia : Klassiska texter
Av Lord Acton, J.B. Bury m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
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311 kr
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Uppmaningen att lära av historien är välbekant. Men vad betyder det egentligen? Förespråkarna för tillämpad historia menar att historiska studier kan användas praktiskt och ge vägledning för framtiden. Beslutsfattare och politiker kan få perspektiv, hitta ledtrådar till vart en utveckling kan leda …
History, Big History, & Metahistory
Av David C Krakauer, John Lewis Gaddis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
281 kr
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Landscape of History
How Historians Map the Past
E-bok, 2002
114 kr
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What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a …
Classics of Applied History
Av Lord Acton, J.B. Bury m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
311 kr
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The admonition that we should learn from history is well known. But what does that actually mean? Advocates of applied history argue that historical studies can be used in practice and provide guidance for the future. Decision-makers and political leaders can gain perspective, find clues to where a …
On Grand Strategy
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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“The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.”— The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John …
United States and the End of the Cold War
Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations
E-bok, 1994
437 kr
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The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. "But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind," writes …
The Long Peace
Inquiries into the History of the Cold War
Häftad, 1989
451 kr
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How has it happened that the United States and the Soviet Union have managed to get through more than four decades of Cold War confrontation without going to war with one another? Historian John Lewis Gaddis suggests answer to this and other vital questions about post-war diplomacy in this new …
Strategies of Containment
A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
E-bok, 2005
359 kr
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When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis'' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. …
We Now Know
Rethinking Cold War History
Häftad, 1998
857 kr
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The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective, one reflecting Soviet, East European, and Chinese as well as American and West European viewpoints. In a major departure from his earlier scholarship, John Lewis …
United States and the End of the Cold War
Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations
E-bok, 1992
437 kr
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The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. "But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind," writes …
Landscape of History
How Historians Map the Past
E-bok, 2002
114 kr
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What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a …
Strategies of Containment
A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
E-bok, 2005
359 kr
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When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis'' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. …
On Grand Strategy
E-bok, 2018
108 kr
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John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian and acclaimed author of The Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught the grand strategy seminar at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in On Grand Strategy, Gaddis reflects with insight and wit on what he has …
Cold War
E-bok, 2011
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108 kr
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A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction.In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning...Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why …
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience
Häftad, 2005
314 kr
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September 11, 2001, distinguished Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis argues, was not the first time a surprise attack shattered American assumptions about national security and reshaped American grand strategy. We've been there before, and have responded each time by dramatically expanding our …
George F. Kennan
An American Life
E-bok, 2011
192 kr
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory …
