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For Might and Right
Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy
Häftad, 2020
395 kr
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How did the global Cold War influence American politics at home? For Might and Right traces the story of how Cold War defense spending remade participatory politics, producing a powerful and dynamic political coalition that reached across party lines. This "Cold War coalition" favored massive …
Hanoi Jane
War, Sex and Fantasies of Betrayal
Häftad, 2010
366 kr
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From Aristophanes' Lysistrata to the notorious Mata Hari and the legendary Tokyo Rose, stories of female betrayal during wartime have recurred throughout human history. The myth of Hanoi Jane, Jerry Lembcke argues, is simply the latest variation on this enduring theme. Like most of the iconic …
Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War
The Reagan Administration, Cultural Activism, and the End of the Arms Race
Häftad, 2017
366 kr
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The early 1980s were a tense time. The nuclear arms race was escalating, Reagan administration officials bragged about winning a nuclear war, and superpower diplomatic relations were at a new low. Nuclear war was a real possibility and antinuclear activism surged. By 1982 the Nuclear Freeze …
Shadow on Our Hearts
Soldier-Poetry, Morality, and the American War in Vietnam
Av Adam Gilbert
Häftad, 2018
457 kr
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The American war in Vietnam was one of the most morally contentious events of the twentieth century, and it produced an extraordinary outpouring of poetry. Yet the prodigious poetic voice of its American participants remains largely unheard; the complex ethical terrain of their experiences …
Containing Addiction
The Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Origins of America's Global Drug War
Häftad, 2017
666 kr
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The story of America's ""War on Drugs"" usually begins with Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan. In Containing Addiction, Matthew R. Pembleton argues that its origins instead lie in the years following World War II, when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics - the country's first drug control agency, …
Sacking of Fallujah
A People's History
Av Ross Caputi, Richard Hil m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
366 kr
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The Iraqi city of Fallujah has become an epicenter of geopolitical conflict, where foreign powers and non-state actors have repeatedly waged war in residential neighborhoods with staggering humanitarian consequences. The Sacking of Fallujah is the first comprehensive study of the three recent …
Contested Ground
The Tunnel and the Struggle Over Television News in Cold War America
Av Mike Conway
Häftad, 2019
395 kr
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In 1962, an innovative documentary on a Berlin Wall tunnel escape brought condemnation from both sides of the Iron Curtain during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War. The Tunnel, produced by NBC's Reuven Frank, clocked in at ninety minutes and prompted a range of strong reactions. …
Every Home a Fortress
Cold War Fatherhood and the Family Fallout Shelter
Häftad, 2020
524 kr
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In Every Home a Fortress, Thomas Bishop details the remarkable cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity -- the fallout shelter father, who, with spade in hand and the canned goods he has amassed, sought to save his family from atomic warfare. Putting …
Where Is Juliet Stuart Poyntz?
Gender, Spycraft, and Anti-Stalinism in the Early Cold War
Häftad, 2021
319 kr
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On a sweltering June evening in 1937, American Juliet Stuart Poyntz left her boardinghouse in Manhattan and walked toward Central Park, three short blocks away. She was never seen or heard from again. Seven months passed before a formal missing person's report was made, since Poyntz worked for the …
Making the Forever War
Marilyn B. Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism
Av Mark Philip Bradley, Mary L. Dudziak
Häftad, 2021
366 kr
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The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the …
Making the Forever War
Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism
Av Mark Philip Bradley, Mary L. Dudziak
Inbunden, 2021
1042 kr
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The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the …
We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes
Late Cold War Culture in the Age of Reagan
Av Andrew Hunt
Häftad, 2021
366 kr
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In the moments before his weekly radio address hit the airwaves in 1984, Ronald Reagan made an off-the-record joke: 'I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.' As reports of the stunt leaked to the press, many Americans did not find themselves …
Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games
International Sport's Cold War Battle with NATO
Inbunden, 2021
1042 kr
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During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the division of Germany came to influence the world of competitive sport. In the 1950s, West Germany and its NATO allies refused to recognize the communist East German state and barred its national teams from sporting competitions. The …
Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games
International Sport's Cold War Battle with NATO
Häftad, 2021
395 kr
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During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the division of Germany came to influence the world of competitive sport. In the 1950s, West Germany and its NATO allies refused to recognize the communist East German state and barred its national teams from sporting competitions. The …
Race in the Crucible of War
African American Servicemen and the War in Vietnam
Häftad, 2023
366 kr
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When African American servicemen went to fight in the Vietnam War, discrimination and prejudice followed them. Even in a faraway country, their military experiences were shaped by the racial environment of the home front. War is often viewed as a crucible that can transform society, but American …
Voice in Their Own Destiny
Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s
Häftad, 2023
338 kr
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On June 8, 1982, Ronald Reagan delivered a historic address to the British Parliament, promising that the United States would give people around the world “a voice in their own destiny” in the struggle against Soviet totalitarianism. While British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrated …
Voice in Their Own Destiny
Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s
Inbunden, 2023
1142 kr
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On June 8, 1982, Ronald Reagan delivered a historic address to the British Parliament, promising that the United States would give people around the world “a voice in their own destiny” in the struggle against Soviet totalitarianism. While British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrated …
Fighting Over There
U.S. War Making and Contemporary Refugee Literature
Av Alaina Kaus
Häftad, 2023
378 kr
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U.S. foreign policy has long been built on a dichotomy of an irreplaceable “here” and an expendable “there.” In his 2003 announcement of the military campaign in Iraq, George W. Bush declared that we would fight in the Middle East so we wouldn’t have to fight “on the streets of our cities.” But …
Fighting Over There
U.S. War Making and Contemporary Refugee Literature
Av Alaina Kaus
Inbunden, 2023
1275 kr
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U.S. foreign policy has long been built on a dichotomy of an irreplaceable “here” and an expendable “there.” In his 2003 announcement of the military campaign in Iraq, George W. Bush declared that we would fight in the Middle East so we wouldn’t have to fight “on the streets of our cities.” But …
Living with Agent Orange
Conversations in Postwar Viet Nam
Häftad, 2024
338 kr
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For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military as a type of chemical warfare. While scientists and politicians continue to debate how to best address its human and environmental consequences, the …
Living with Agent Orange
Conversations in Postwar Viet Nam
Inbunden, 2024
1142 kr
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For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military as a type of chemical warfare. While scientists and politicians continue to debate how to best address its human and environmental consequences, the …
Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America
Wholesome" Comfort During a Cold War
Häftad, 2023
366 kr
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During the Cold War, dancers and musicians from the United States and the USSR were drawn into the battle for hearts and minds, crossing the Iron Curtain to prove their artistic and ideological prowess. After the passage of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, direct cultural exchange between the two …
Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America
Wholesome" Comfort During a Cold War
Inbunden, 2023
1142 kr
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During the Cold War, dancers and musicians from the United States and the USSR were drawn into the battle for hearts and minds, crossing the Iron Curtain to prove their artistic and ideological prowess. After the passage of the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, direct cultural exchange between the two …
From Union Halls to the Suburbs
Americans for Democratic Action and the Transformation of Postwar Liberalism
Av Scott Kamen
Häftad, 2023
366 kr
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For decades, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) exerted an outsized pull on the political stage. Formed in 1947 by anticommunist liberals such as economist John Kenneth Galbraith and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the ADA established itself as the most prominent liberal organization in the …
From Union Halls to the Suburbs
Americans for Democratic Action and the Transformation of Postwar Liberalism
Av Scott Kamen
Inbunden, 2023
1142 kr
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For decades, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) exerted an outsized pull on the political stage. Formed in 1947 by anticommunist liberals such as economist John Kenneth Galbraith and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the ADA established itself as the most prominent liberal organization in the …
Not Just a Housewife
Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women's Peace Movement
Av Jon Coburn
Häftad, 2025
395 kr
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Illuminating a powerful yet underappreciated force in the American peace and women's movements On November 1, 1961, thousands of middle-class white women took to the streets throughout the United States to demonstrate against atomic weapons. They were brought together by the group Women Strike for …
Not Just a Housewife
Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women's Peace Movement
Av Jon Coburn
Inbunden, 2025
1142 kr
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Illuminating a powerful yet underappreciated force in the American peace and women's movements On November 1, 1961, thousands of middle-class white women took to the streets throughout the United States to demonstrate against atomic weapons. They were brought together by the group Women Strike for …
Cold War Puerto Rico
Anti-Communism in Washington's Caribbean Colony
Av Steve Howell
Häftad, 2026
375 kr
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A gripping history of FBI surveillance, political repression, and the fight for Puerto Rican independence In the 1940s, with the construction of a naval base and a bombing range, Puerto Rico became a major geo-political military outpost for the United States. For a power claiming global leadership …
Cold War Puerto Rico
Anti-Communism in Washington's Caribbean Colony
Av Steve Howell
Inbunden, 2026
1142 kr
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A gripping history of FBI surveillance, political repression, and the fight for Puerto Rican independence In the 1940s, with the construction of a naval base and a bombing range, Puerto Rico became a major geo-political military outpost for the United States. For a power claiming global leadership …
Everyday People and the Stories of Freedom in the Sixties
Av Craig Werner
Häftad, 2027
341 kr
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Showing that the most important figures of the 1960s were not always the most famous onesJust weeks back from Vietnam, guitarist Larry Lee stood on stage at Woodstock alongside Jimi Hendrix, but he isn't given more than a glance in the festival's documentary. In Selma, Alabama, in March 1965, an …
