Cold War International History Project – serie
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39 produkter
Confronting Vietnam
Soviet Policy Toward the Indochina Conflict, 1954-1963
Inbunden, 2003
999 kr
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Based on extensive research in the Russian archives, this book examines the Soviet approach to the Vietnam conflict between the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina and late 1963, when the overthrow of the South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem and the assassination of John F. Kennedy radically …
Behind the Bamboo Curtain
China, Vietnam, and the World Beyond Asia
Inbunden, 2006
1045 kr
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Based on new archival research in many countries, this volume broadens the context of the U.S. intervention in Vietnam. Its primary focus is on relations between China and Vietnam in the mid-twentieth century; but the book also deals with China's relations with Cambodia, U.S. dealings with both …
Two Suns in the Heavens
The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967
Inbunden, 2009
708 kr
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Using newly available archival sources, Two Suns in the Heavens examines the dramatic deterioration of relations between the USSR and China in the 1960s, whereby once powerful allies became estranged, competitive, and increasingly hostile neighbors. Sergey Radchenko's authoritative account of these …
Soviet Union and the June 1967 Six Day War
Inbunden, 2008
883 kr
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Why did the Soviet Union spark war in 1967 between Israel and the Arab states by falsely informing Syria and Egypt that Israel was massing troops on the Syrian border? Based on newly available archival sources, The Soviet Union and the June 1967 Six Day War answers this controversial question more …
Local Consequences of the Global Cold War
Inbunden, 2008
941 kr
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Up to now the study of cold war history has been fully engaged in stressing the international character and broad themes of the story. This volume turns such diplomatic history upside down by studying how actions of international relations affected local popular life. Each chapter has its origins …
Failed Illusions
Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt
Av Charles Gati
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
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Winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman PrizeThe 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of this …
Distant Front in the Cold War
The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964
Av Sergey Mazov
Inbunden, 2010
872 kr
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A Distant Front in the Cold War reveals West Africa as a significant site of Cold War conflict in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although the region avoided the extreme tensions of the standoff in Eastern Europe or in the Cuban missile crisis, it nevertheless offers a vivid example of political, …
Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Missiles of November
Av Sergo Mikoyan, Svetlana Savranskaya
Häftad, 2014
426 kr
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Based on secret transcripts of top-level diplomacy undertaken by the number-two Soviet leader, Anastas Mikoyan, to settle the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, this book rewrites conventional history. The "missiles of October" and "13 days" were only half the story: the nuclear crisis actually …
Connecting Histories
Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962
Av Christopher E. Goscha, Christian F. Ostermann
Inbunden, 2009
932 kr
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Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia draws on newly available archival documentation from both Western and Asian countries to explore decolonization, the Cold War, and the establishment of a new international order in post-World War II Southeast Asia. Major …
Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1991
Inbunden, 2011
872 kr
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The Cold War in East Asia studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining how the six powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and North and South Korea—interacted one another and forged the conditions that were distinct from the Cold War in Europe. The contributors are …
Stalin and Togliatti
Italy and the Origins of the Cold War
Av Elena Agarossi, Victor Zaslavsky
Inbunden, 2011
883 kr
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Stalin and Togliatti reveals the dependence of the Italian Communist Party on Soviet decisionmaking in the early Cold War and the willingness of Stalin to sacrifice the interests of the Italian Communist Party to Soviet foreign interests. It explores the connection between the domestic Italian …
Marigold
The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam
Inbunden, 2012
587 kr
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Marigold presents the first rigorously documented, in-depth story of one of the Vietnam War's last great mysteries: the secret peace initiative, codenamed "Marigold," that sought to end the war in 1966. The initiative failed, the war dragged on for another seven years, and this episode sank into …
Marigold
The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam
E-bok, 2012
607 kr
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Marigold presents the first rigorously documented, in-depth story of one of the Vietnam War's last great mysteries: the secret peace initiative, codenamed "Marigold," that sought to end the war in 1966. The initiative failed, the war dragged on for another seven years, and this episode sank into …
Battleground Africa
Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965
Av Lise Namikas
Inbunden, 2013
1691 kr
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Winner of the 2013 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic TitleBattleground Africa traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point. Drawing on recently opened archives in Russia and the United States, and …
Euromissile Crisis and the End of the Cold War
Av Leopoldo Nuti, Frederic Bozo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
857 kr
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In the late 1970s, new generations of nuclear delivery systems were proposed for deployment across Eastern and Western Europe. The ensuing controversy grew to become a key phase in the late Cold War. This book explores the origins, unfolding, and consequences of that crisis. Contributors from …
Marigold
The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam
Häftad, 2014
518 kr
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Marigold presents the first rigorously documented, in-depth story of one of the Vietnam War's last great mysteries: the secret peace initiative, codenamed "Marigold," that sought to end the war in 1966. The initiative failed, the war dragged on for another seven years, and this episode sank into …
Jimmy Carter in Africa
Race and the Cold War
Inbunden, 2016
532 kr
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In the mid-1970s, the Cold War had frozen into a nuclear stalemate in Europe and retreated from the headlines in Asia. As Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter fought for the presidency in late 1976, the superpower struggle overseas seemed to take a backseat to more contentious domestic issues of race …
Battleground Africa
Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965
Av Lise Namikas
Häftad, 2015
414 kr
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Winner of the 2013 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic TitleBattleground Africa traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point. Drawing on recently opened archives in Russia and the United States, and …
Trust, but Verify
The Politics of Uncertainty and the Transformation of the Cold War Order, 1969-1991
Av Martin Klimke, Reinhild Kreis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
883 kr
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Trust, but Verify uses trust—with its emotional and predictive aspects—to explore international relations in the second half of the Cold War, beginning with the late 1960s. The détente of the 1970s led to the development of some limited trust between the United States and the Soviet Union, which …
Jimmy Carter in Africa
Race and the Cold War
E-bok, 2018
294 kr
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In the mid-1970s, the Cold War had frozen into a nuclear stalemate in Europe and retreated from the headlines in Asia. As Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter fought for the presidency in late 1976, the superpower struggle overseas seemed to take a backseat to more contentious domestic issues of race …
Trust, but Verify
The Politics of Uncertainty and the Transformation of the Cold War Order, 1969-1991
Av Martin Klimke, Reinhild Kreis m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
999 kr
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Trust, but Verify uses trust—with its emotional and predictive aspects—to explore international relations in the second half of the Cold War, beginning with the late 1960s. The détente of the 1970s led to the development of some limited trust between the United States and the Soviet Union, which …
Jimmy Carter in Africa
Race and the Cold War
Häftad, 2018
454 kr
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In the mid-1970s, the Cold War had frozen into a nuclear stalemate in Europe and retreated from the headlines in Asia. As Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter fought for the presidency in late 1976, the superpower struggle overseas seemed to take a backseat to more contentious domestic issues of race …
Between Containment and Rollback
The United States and the Cold War in Germany
Inbunden, 2021
589 kr
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In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided since 1949,the United States prioritized the political, economic, and, eventually, military integration of the fledgling Federal Republic with …
Between Containment and Rollback
The United States and the Cold War in Germany
E-bok, 2021
464 kr
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In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formally divided since 1949,the United States prioritized the political, economic, and, eventually, military integration of the fledgling Federal Republic with …
Whole World Was Watching
Sport in the Cold War
Av Robert Edelman, Christopher Young
Inbunden, 2019
872 kr
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In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture—and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a …
Whole World Was Watching
Sport in the Cold War
Av Robert Edelman, Christopher Young
E-bok, 2019
977 kr
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In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture—and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a …
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader
North Korea and the Third World
Inbunden, 2021
1391 kr
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Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial Third World, North Korea …
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader
North Korea and the Third World
Häftad, 2021
339 kr
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Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial Third World, North Korea …
Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader
North Korea and the Third World
E-bok, 2021
410 kr
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Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial Third World, North Korea …
Bleeding Wound
The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System
Av Yaacov Ro'i
Inbunden, 2022
872 kr
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By the mid-1980s, public opinion in the USSR had begun to turn against Soviet involvement in Afghanistan: the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) had become a long, painful, and unwinnable conflict, one that Mikhail Gorbachev referred to as a "bleeding wound" in a 1986 speech. The eventual decision to …
