Cold wars and proxy conflicts

In the Direction of the Persian Gulf (1977) analyses the Soviet Union's interest in the countries of the Persian Gulf against the background of its relations with the Arab world, and the complexities of power politics.

Wartime is not just about military success.

The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation.

RAF recruit Neville Cox is trapped in Soviet rocket development, facing espionage and a daring escape from KGB captivity.

Explores the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe, the demise of the Soviet Union and the rise of China.

How did the United States move from a position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to one of nuclear parity under the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in 1972?

Bridging East and West explores the literary evolution of Ol'ha Kobylians'ka, one of Ukraine's foremost modernist writers.

Telecommunications in Developing Countries (1990) stresses the importance of modern, micro electronics-based telecommunications for developing economies in providing a basic communications infrastructure for economic and industrial development and the springboard for new information technology activities.

In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States.

An important rereading of the Cold War as an economic struggle shaped by the global economy.

Vor 30 Jahren wurde der Warschauer Pakt aufgelöst.

The intensifying conflicts between religious communities in contemporary South and Southeast Asia signify the importance of gaining a clearer understanding of how societies have historically organised and mastered their religious diversity.

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "e;many worlds"e; theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy.

This volume explores how the Cultural Cold War played out in Africa and Asia in the context of decolonization.

On November 10, 1975, the General Assembly of United Nations passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism a form of racism.

Soviet Local Politics and Government (1983) examines the local government system of the Soviet Union, an important part of the great bureaucracy that ran the country.

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol.

The fall of the Soviet Union was a transformative event for the national political economies of Eastern Europe, leading not only to new regimes of ownership and development but to dramatic changes in the natural world itself.

Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring.

The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time.

James Bond, Ian Fleming's irrepressible and ubiquitous 'spy,' is often understood as a Cold Warrior, but James Bond's Cold War diverged from the actual global conflict in subtle but significant ways.

A History of the Manila Pact and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) from its establishment in 1954 until its dissolution in 1977.

In this conceptually bold project, Heonik Kwon uses anthropology to interrogate the cold war's cultural and historical narratives.

Die Welt erlebt eine Zeitenwende.

Spanish Fascist Writing presents the first collection of Spanish fascist texts in English translation and offers an intellectual and political history of fascist writing in Spain, a history that resituates the country within the larger unfolding of right-wing extremism worldwide from the early twentieth century to the present.

On 27th May 1977, a small demonstration against the MPLA, the ruling party of Angola led to the slaughter of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people.

Remembering the Cold War examines how, more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cold War legacies continue to play crucial roles in defining national identities and shaping international relations around the globe.

Atomic postcards played an important role in creating and disseminating a public image of nuclear power.

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The Soviet Union and National Liberation Movements in the Third World (1988) is a systematic comparison of Soviet theory about, and actual behaviour toward, movements for national liberation in the Third World.

Menschen mit zwei Heimatländern: Die Geschichte der Emigranten in Deutschland seit 1945Fast 22 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland stammen aus Einwandererfamilien: Hier leben Türken und Kurden, Ukrainer, Polen und Russen, Kroaten und Serben, Iraner, Palästinenser, Libanesen und Nordafrikaner.

This monograph explores the economic consequences of the Cold War, a polarised world order which politicised technology and shaped industrial development.

With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project.

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After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as one of the key players in the reconstruction of Europe.

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This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War.

This book examines a generation of leftist militants who in the 1960s advocated revolutionary violence for social change in South America.

The Afghan Syndrome (1982) analyses and interprets the 1979 Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan and also examines its effects on America, China, India, Pakistan and other Islamic nations.

The Road to Intervention (1988) uses rarely-seen British government papers to analyse the position of the Allied and Russian governments in the last year of the First World War, as the Russian revolution ended their participation in the war and the Western Allies feared a huge German offensive in France in consequence.

Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War.

Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring.

From the dawn of the atomic age to today, nuclear weapons have been central to the internal dynamics of US alliances in Europe and Asia.

China and the Soviet Union, first published in 1950, is written by a Chinese former diplomat and university professor, and calls on his many years of experience to provide an even-handed analysis of Sino-Russian relations.

Cuban culture has long been available to English speakers via translation.