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The American astronaut image was informed by early Cold War ideals of masculinity that helped mold a distinctly American (anti-communist) masculinity, which appeared-on the surface anyway-to resolve not only an American "e;crisis of masculinity"e; but helped win the Cold War on an ideological and popular level.

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Stalin's American Spy tells the remarkable story of Noel Field, a Soviet agent in the US State Department in the mid-1930s.

Stalin's American Spy tells the remarkable story of Noel Field, a Soviet agent in the US State Department in the mid-1930s.

Arms control is eroding amid a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain security environment.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history.

Where lie the origins of North Korean ideology?

Where lie the origins of North Korean ideology?

The 1950s are usually portrayed as conservative, conformist, and apathetic, but was there more to this much-maligned decade than that?

During the 1950s and first half of the 1960s the Indonesian Communist Party grew from a few thousand members to become the third largest communist party in the world, before it was annihilated in a violent purge in 1965-6 that saw perhaps half a million alleged communists killed.

The American astronaut image was informed by early Cold War ideals of masculinity that helped mold a distinctly American (anti-communist) masculinity, which appeared-on the surface anyway-to resolve not only an American "e;crisis of masculinity"e; but helped win the Cold War on an ideological and popular level.

We are used to thinking that the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s was an essentially Western phenomenon.

Arms control is eroding amid a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain security environment.

We are used to thinking that the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s was an essentially Western phenomenon.

During the 1950s and first half of the 1960s the Indonesian Communist Party grew from a few thousand members to become the third largest communist party in the world, before it was annihilated in a violent purge in 1965-6 that saw perhaps half a million alleged communists killed.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, warnings of a new Cold War proliferated.

This collection of studies examines different aspects of Romanian diplomacy in the 20th century, thus highlighting the activity of various diplomats, seeking to explain the changes produced within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following political transformations in Romania, and aiming to analyse different topic and "e;dossiers"e; related to foreign policy, as well as the negotiated perspectives of career diplomats, ministers of foreign affairs, and politicians regarding the directions of foreign policy or the "e;dossiers"e; of national interest and security.

The GDR Today promotes interdisciplinary approaches to East Germany by gathering articles from a new generation of scholars in the fields of literary and visual studies, history, sociology, translation studies, political science, museum studies and curating practice.

The GDR Today promotes interdisciplinary approaches to East Germany by gathering articles from a new generation of scholars in the fields of literary and visual studies, history, sociology, translation studies, political science, museum studies and curating practice.

Seit Jahrzehnten fuhren Sozialwissenschaftler und politisch interessierte Zeitgenossen einen Streit um die Typologie des Franco-Regimes in Spanien (1936/1939-1975).

This book re-appraises the concept and utility of state-funded, multi-platform international broadcasting as an instrument of statecraft, which offers cultural representation with the political purpose of contesting relations of power.

This book re-appraises the concept and utility of state-funded, multi-platform international broadcasting as an instrument of statecraft, which offers cultural representation with the political purpose of contesting relations of power.

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin Americas forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America.

Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of previously unseen photos, this is the first history of the destroyers of the Cold War Soviet Navy, the heart of its surface fleet.

This expertly curated volume explores how the U.

A BERNARD SAMSON NOVEL'The plotting is masterly, the atmospheric descriptions superb .

Exploring the life of one of Central America's understudied political figures, this exciting new volume follows Manuel Colom Argueta's exploits, philosophy, and impact amid the background of the Central American Cold War.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Makes real events read like a thriller' The Times'Everything you could want in a Cold War thriller' New York Times'Redwood might be his best yet' John GrishamFrom the multi-million copy bestselling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear warThe year is 1981.

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin Americas forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America.

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin Americas forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America.

Drawing on newly declassified U.

Drawing on newly declassified U.

Der international anerkannte Turkologe Ahmet Caferoğlu wurde im spätzaristischen Kaukasus geboren und absolvierte seine Ausbildung in Kyjiw, Baku, Breslau und Berlin.

This biography of Brazilian journalist and activist Aluzio Palmar (b.

No Race, No Country presents a major reconsideration of the breakthrough African American author Richard Wrights work and life.

No Race, No Country presents a major reconsideration of the breakthrough African American author Richard Wrights work and life.

A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carr 's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawaySet in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carr .

This biography of Brazilian journalist and activist Aluzio Palmar (b.

This expertly curated volume explores how the U.

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin Americas forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary Latin America.

In the early 1950s, Iranian oil became a firebomb of the Cold War in the Middle East, creating one of the era's two major hot spots alongside Korea.

In the early 1950s, Iranian oil became a firebomb of the Cold War in the Middle East, creating one of the era's two major hot spots alongside Korea.

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Seminar "e;West in Fiction"e;, language: English, abstract: In this paper I want to describe how the Cold War shaped the depiction of violence, masculinity and society in the movie "e;3:10 to Yuma"e;.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Politik - Region: USA, Note: 1,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Institut für Zeitgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen der Space Race, die als Syndrom des Kalten Krieges verstanden werden kann, und der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der USA der 50er und 60er Jahre.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: A, GC University, course: BA (Hons) Political Science, language: English, abstract: This research seeks to uncover the research objectives as the reasons behind the absence of interstate war from 1979 onwards between the Middle East's most powerful rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia.