Cold War History – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Cold War History. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
140 produkter
Cold War in the Desert
Britain, the United States and the Italian Colonies, 1945-52
Av NA NA
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the detailed historical attention which they merit. …
NATO Enlargement During the Cold War
Strategy and System in the Western Alliance
Av M. Smith
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nato Enlargement During the Cold War analyzes the historical experience surrounding Nato enlargement. Features include the role and influence of external factors, the dynamics of intra-alliance debate, and a taxonomy of membership. Most important, however, is the conclusion that NATO expansion was …
Failure of Peace in Europe, 1943-48
Av Antonio Varsori, E. Calandri
Inbunden, 2001
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bringing together the work of scholars from Eastern and Western Europe, this volume re-examines the crucial moments in the five years leading up to the Cold War. With the aid of new evidence from the official records of former Communist countries, this fresh analysis of diplomatic relations, …
Austria in the First Cold War, 1945-55
The Leverage of the Weak
Av G. Bischof
Inbunden, 1999
1692 kr
Lägg i varukorg
At the height of the first Cold War in the early 1950s, the Western powers worried that occupied Austria might become 'Europe's Korea' and feared a Communist takeover. The Soviets exploited their occupation zone for maximum reparations. American economic aid guaranteed Austria's survival and …
Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez
The Choice between Europe and the World?
Inbunden, 2002
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book, based on recently declassified documents in Britain and the USA, is the first detailed account of Britain's East of Suez decision, which was taken by the Harold Wilson Government in 1967-68. Contrary to received opinion, the author argues that the decision was not taken hastily as a …
United States, Western Europe and the Polish Crisis
International Relations in the Second Cold War
Av H. Sjursen
Inbunden, 2002
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the response of the Western Alliance to the Polish Crisis (1980-83). The author analyses the different views of Europe and the United States regarding enforcement in East-West relations and the opposition in Western Europe to the American approach. This case exemplifies the …
Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union, 1940–45
Av M. Folly
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
World War II threw Britain and the Soviet Union together as unlikely allies. This book examines British policy-makers' attitudes to cooperation with the USSR and shows how views of internal developments in the USSR and of Stalin himself influenced Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Foreign Office …
Cold War in the Desert
Britain, the United States and the Italian Colonies, 1945-52
Av S. Kelly
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the detailed historical attention which they merit. …
United States Policy Towards Indonesia in the Truman and Eisenhower Years
Av A. Roadnight
Inbunden, 2002
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This analysis of US policy towards Indonesian nationalism concludes that Truman's support for independence was based on his Cold War priorities and not principled backing for self-determination. It reveals how Eisenhower's New Look led to a disastrous CIA-backed intervention in 1957-58 and …
Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community
Anglo-American Relations and the Crisis of European Defence, 1950-55
Av K. Ruane
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Using the European Defence Community (EDC) as a case-study, this book examines the competing and often conflicting view of the British and American governments towards European integration in the early 1950s. The British, fearing an 'agonizing reappraisal' of the American defence commitment to …
Nato Enlargement During the Cold War
Strategy and System in the Western Alliance
Av M. Smith
Inbunden, 2000
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Why did NATO expand its membership during the Cold War years, and what was its attraction to new members? This book locates the answers to these questions not solely in the Cold War, but in the historical problems of international order in Europe and the growing idea of the West. A wide range of …
War and Cold War in American Foreign Policy, 1942-62
Av D. Carter, R. Clifton
Inbunden, 2001
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Making use of newly-researched archival material, this collection of original essays on wartime and postwar US foreign policy re-evaluates well-known crises and documents many less familiar aspects of the nation's mid-twentieth century conflicts. Leading diplomatic historians address familiar …
Economic Cold War
America, Britain and East-West Trade 1948–63
Av I. Jackson
Inbunden, 2001
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides a new interpretation of the economic dimension of the Cold War. It examines Anglo-American trade diplomacy towards the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. The book, which is based on research in American and British archives, presents new …
Berlin Wall Crisis
Perspectives on Cold War Alliances
Inbunden, 2002
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume highlights the complex intra-alliance politics of what was seen as the likeliest flash point of conflict in the Cold War and demonstrates how strongly determinant were concerns about relationships with allies in the choices made by all the major governments. It recounts the evolution of …
Anglo-American Relations and Cold War Oil
Crisis in Iran
Av S. Marsh
Inbunden, 2003
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Middle East oil and Anglo-American special relations were among the most contentious issues during the Cold War. Oil is crucial to our understanding of Britain's and the USA's Cold War policies in the Middle East. This book presents an in-depth study of the issues of the period and the legacy of …
Two Germanies and Military Security in Europe
Av C. Bluth
Inbunden, 2002
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This original study based on documents, hitherto not discussed in literature of the Cold War, adds a significant new perspective to an important episode in Cold War History. The subject of this book is the policy of the two Germanies towards the talks on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) …
Overcoming the Cold War
A History of Détente, 1950-1991
Av W. Loth
Inbunden, 2001
1525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book offers a major new interpretation of the Cold War and how its aftermath shaped the course of history. The history of the Cold War is more than the history of a confrontation. There is also a need to look into why the Cold War did not become more heated, and how it was finally overcome. …
Britain, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War
Av E. Pedaliu
Inbunden, 2003
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Effie G.H. Pedaliu analyzes the British Labour government's contribution to the postwar reconstruction of Italy. The book focuses on five areas: the punishment of war criminality; the reconstruction of the Italian armed forces; the Italian elections of April 1948 and Italy's institutional role in …
Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe
Av E. Mahan
Inbunden, 2002
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Kennedy, de Gaulle and Western Europe , Mahan revises prevailing interpretations of Franco-American relations during the early 1960s that either chastise de Gaulle for anti-Americanism or Kennedy for imposing U.S. policies on Europe. Summoning a wide range of French and American archival …
Religion and the Cold War
Inbunden, 2002
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Although seen widely as the twentieth-century's great religious war, as a conflict between the god-fearing and the godless, the religious dimension of the Cold War has never been subjected to a scholarly critique. This unique study shows why religion is a key Cold War variable. A specially …
Britain, Détente, and the Helsinki CSCE
'Fathers of the Final Act’
Av Kai Hebel
Inbunden, 2025
2600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book offers the first in-depth account of the United Kingdom’s contribution to the rapprochement between East and West that culminated in the successful negotiation of the Helsinki Final Act of 1975.Britain’s role in this historic achievement has been understudied and understated. This book …
Origins of the North Korean Garrison State
The People’s Army and the Korean War
Av Youngjun Kim
Häftad, 2019
821 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book investigates the origins of the North Korean garrison state by examining the development of the Korean People’s Army and the legacies of the Korean War. Despite its significance, there are very few books on the Korean People’s Army with North Korean primary sources being difficult to …
Secrecy, Public Relations and the British Nuclear Debate
How the UK Government Learned to Talk about the Bomb, 1970-83
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book constitutes an original archival history of government secrecy, public relations and the debate surrounding nuclear weapons in Britain from 1970 to 1983.The book contrasts the secrecy and near-silence of the Heath, Wilson and Callaghan governments on nuclear issues in the 1970s with the …
European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West
National Strategies in the Long 1970s
Av Angela Romano, Federico Romero
Inbunden, 2020
2600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This edited volume analyses European socialist countries’ strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s.The book focuses on a time when the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe banked their hopes for prosperity and stability on enhanced …
US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa
A Bridge between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988-1994
Häftad, 2021
695 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book investigates the end of the Cold War in Africa and its impact on post-Cold War US foreign policy in the continent.The fall of the Berlin Wall is widely considered the end of the Cold War; however, it documents just one of the many "ends", since the Cold War was a global conflict. This …
Diplomacy of Détente
Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz
Häftad, 2020
746 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East–West relations.The volume examines the relevance of trade across the Iron Curtain as a means to facilitate mutual trust, as well as the emergence of new habits of transparency regardless of recurring …
New Perspectives on the End of the Cold War
Unexpected Transformations?
Av Bernhard Blumenau, Jussi M. Hanhimäki m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
716 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the end of the Cold War. Research on the causes and consequences of the end of the Cold War is constantly growing. Initially, it was dominated by fairly simplistic, and often politically motivated, debates revolving …
European Socialist Regimes' Fateful Engagement with the West
National Strategies in the Long 1970s
Av Angela Romano, Federico Romero
Häftad, 2022
716 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This edited volume analyses European socialist countries’ strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s.The book focuses on a time when the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe banked their hopes for prosperity and stability on enhanced …
NATO and the Strategic Defence Initiative
A Transatlantic History of the Star Wars Programme
Inbunden, 2022
2600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the largely neglected issue of responses to the US Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, or the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme) across NATO.The chapters here explore the reactions of different Western allies to the announcement of the SDI in 1983 and especially the 1985 …
NATO and the Strategic Defence Initiative
A Transatlantic History of the Star Wars Programme
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the largely neglected issue of responses to the US Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, or the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme) across NATO.The chapters here explore the reactions of different Western allies to the announcement of the SDI in 1983 and especially the 1985 …
