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East plays West: Sport and the Cold War

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The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked. However, this assumption under…

Khrushchev's cold war: the inside story of an American adversary

by Fursenko, Aleksandr, (Fursenko, A. A.), Naftali, Timothy, (Naftali, Timothy J.)

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Review: "Nikita Khrushchev has long remained one of the most enigmatic leaders of the twentieth century; his motivation and decision-making process have puzzled seasoned Kremlin watchers, U.S. presidents, and a generation of historians. In Khrushchev's Cold War, a sequel to thei…

The Russians are coming, again: the first Cold War as tragedy, the second as farce

by Kuzmarov, Jeremy, Marciano, John

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A consideration of the turbulent relationship between the United States and Russia during the Trump era in light of the previous Cold War of the 1950s. The book argues that the Democrats' strategy, backed by the corporate media, of demonizing Russia and Putin in order to challen…

Iron curtain: the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956

by Applebaum, Anne

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Journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway

Project Azorian: the CIA and the raising of the K-129

by White, Michael, Polmar, Norman

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Om Project Azorian, den ekstremt vanskelige bjærgningsaktion, hvor CIA i ly af en dækhistorie vil finde den sovjetiske ubåd K-129, der sank på 5120 meters dybde med sine hemmelige missiler og styringssystemer

Failed illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungar…

by Gati, Charles

fromCold War International History Project series

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The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by USSR, was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. Denying neither Hungarian heroism nor Soviet brutality, this book aims to modify o…

The brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their secre…

by Kinzer, Stephen

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During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of th…

Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East …

by Stanek, Lukasz

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In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialis…

Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place…

by Kempe, Frederick

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Baseret på tidligere hemmelige dokumenter, interview og personlige beretninger beskrives Berlinkrisen i 1961 og dens betydning for den kolde krig

The Eisenhower Administration, the Third World, and the Globalization of the Cold War

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In the US, the Cold War is often remembered as a two-power struggle. The Eisenhower administration placed an extremely high priority on victory in the Third World. This book assesses the impact of the globalizing Cold War and the process of decolonization on the Eisenhower admin…

The state of Islam: culture and Cold War politics in Pakistan

by Toor, Saadia

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Studies Pakistan through the lens of the Cold War and the War on Terror and sheds light on the processes behind the rise of militant Islam. The state of Islam tells the story of Pakistan through the lens of the Cold War, and more recently, the War on Terror, to shed light on th…