Forfatteren fremsætter provokatorisk teorien om "offensive realisme", ikke alene til forklaring på, hvorfor visionerne om en harmonisk verden forbliver utopisk, men også til belysning af de forskellige strategier, stormagterne bruger til at fremme deres egne interesser.
"Behind the Fog is the first in-depth, comprehensive examination of the United States' Cold War radiological weapons program. The book examines controversial military-sponsored studies and field trials using radioactive "simulants" that exposed American civilians to radiation an…
The post-World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation, communications, and computers. Major advancements in Cold War science and technology…
"A British historian and author investigates the final years of the Cold War from both sides of the Iron Curtain, discussing the relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev whose unprecedented, historic cooperation worked against the odds to end the arms race,"--NoveList.
"A British historian and author investigates the final years of the Cold War from both sides of the Iron Curtain, discussing the relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev whose unprecedented, historic cooperation worked against the odds to end the arms race,"--NoveList.
On 26 December 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time. Just six years earlier, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and chose Eduard Shevardnadze as his foreign minister, the Cold War …
"This study examines several Cold War political leaders and their ability to survive US-sanctioned covert operations. The author argues that by understanding the psychological profile and emotional intelligence of leaders, it is possible to influence their mindsets and decision-…
"This study examines several Cold War political leaders and their ability to survive US-sanctioned covert operations. The author argues that by understanding the psychological profile and emotional intelligence of leaders, it is possible to influence their mindsets and decision-…
"This study examines several Cold War political leaders and their ability to survive US-sanctioned covert operations. The author argues that by understanding the psychological profile and emotional intelligence of leaders, it is possible to influence their mindsets and decision-…
Looks at the history of the United States after the end of World War Two through the early sixties, focusing on the acceleration of the Cold War.