Behind Communism

If now in decline since the tumultuous events of 1989, communism was without doubt the great political movement of the twentieth century--at its pe...

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An evocative historical journey in search of the landscapes that communism built, exploring the original ideas behind the region's immense boulevar...

There was life before the fall. 1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change: the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of communism in Ea...

Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the 'power behind the throne' - these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai's long and varied, but always pivotal, political career ...

Reducere. On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. I...

A riveting account of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Contributor(s): Author: Bruce J. DicksonMany observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdo...

An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting t...

Reducere. The subject of The Anti-Communist Manifestos is four influential books that informed the great political struggle known as the Cold War: Darkness a...

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Reducere. One of the most famous documents in world history is presented here in five translations, including Spanish, French, Italian, English, and the orig...

Reducere. Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), real name Nguyen Tat Thanh, was a Vietnamese Communist leader and the principal force behind the Vietnamese struggle again...

Reducere. Summary: Behind the BUZZ words: public diplomacy, nation branding, public relations for nations; Country promotion as social construction; The maki...

In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and su...

Bringing together the work of an array of North American and European scholars, this collection highlights a previously unexamined area within glob...

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Reducere. While the world was reading one story, God was writing another. In 1977, amidst the bitterly cold days of the frigid Cold War, a young couple respo...

Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the sp...

Reducere. Take a journey into the borderland of the red empire, during an ideological battle that saw the world ripped in half. Dare to step into communist C...

Reducere. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (August 30 1877 - July 20 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official. Born into Polish...

Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the sp...

Eugene G. Windchy, author of Tonkin Gulf, investigates how fifteen wars began and how they might have been avoided. Among his surprising conclusion...

Reducere. Burning with desire to share the value of freedom, Antonina takes you from her plight in communist Bulgaria to the free shores of America. Followin...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans...

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In his most powerful book to date, award-winning author TimothyFerris makes a passionate case for scienceas the inspiration behind the rise of libe...

The gripping tale of the campaign that determined the outcome of the Second World WarBarbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, was the ...

Publisher: UCL PressAuthor(s): Miklos PetiIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, black and whiteCollection: Literature and TranslationPublication date: ...

Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, WydawnictwoAuthor(s): Graeme KirkpatrickNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 240 x 15Co...

Reducere. DescriptionA sweeping historical romance that is "gripping, tragic, yet filled with passion and hope" (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling autho...

Reducere. THE ILLUMINATI This book begins by taking you back to when the Illuminati was first founded in 1776. It details the first few years of the Illumina...

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An impressive re-examination of the theories of Marx and Engels on nationalism Really Existing Nationalisms challenges the conventional view that M...

Reducere. Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish. Such is the life of an only child living in postwar Bucharest, a city...

Reducere. With the launch of Biden administration in the U.S. and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party approaching, China has...

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Reducere. Description"The Anti-Humans: Student Re-education in Romanian Prisons" takes place in Romania short after the Communists came into power with the h...

Reducere. For thirteen years Dada Ramananda served as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's personal assistant, giving him unprecedented access to one of the most import...

DescriptionThe first book to chronicle both generations of the famous French scientific family For two generations, the Curie family conducted key ...

Reducere. Sergio Oliva, The Myth, the only man to have ever won the Mr. Olympia title uncontested. Now at last Oliva tells all. His early childhood, his dari...

In June 1941 a pair of British scientists boarded a plane for America with World War II raging all around them. They carried a precious commodity--...

Reducere. The book eloquently captures the story of our lives from childhood to old age. Starting in the days we fell in love, when with big dreams we starte...

Reducere. In the last three decades of the twentieth century, government cutbacks, stagnating wages, AIDS, and gentrification pushed ever more people into po...

Reducere. Chernobyl: The Final Warning is a moving eyewitness portrait that takes readers from the inner sanctums of Soviet hospitals to the devastated react...

Reducere. The Clever Teens' Guide to the Russian Revolution: The perfect guide for background reading or revision. The communist system unleashed by the Russ...

Reducere. In her exploration of the multiverse theory, Alvarez deals with several griefs created by the loss of two pregnancies, a beloved granduncle, her in...

Reducere. Dream in a Suitcase unravels a fast-paced journey of survival, resilience, and the power of love. It is the first English language memoir of a fema...

Reducere. An unexpected, mysterious discovery in Cambodia leads Emily Mclean on a journey through the country's painful history and toward personal redemptio...

Reducere. Dream in a Suitcase unravels a fast-paced journey of survival, resilience, and the power of love. It is the first English language memoir of a fema...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated il...

Description Inspiring women to pursue their own colorful dreams, I'm Not Really a Waitress tells the story of how Suzi Weiss-Fischmann transformed ...

DescriptionThis disturbing expose describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the V...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an 'Iro...

Reducere. An unprecedented history of the CIA's secret and amazing gadgetry behind the art of espionage In this look at the CIA's most secretive operations a...

Reducere. All Things in Common gets behind the ""communism of the apostles"" passages in Acts 2: 42-47 and 4: 32-37, using the anthropological categories of ...

Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 195...

Overcoming loss--finding the courage to move on--trying to stay alive Late in the Cold War, a young woman escapes from Communist Hungary, vanishing...

"Khan has unraveled the mystery of Chinese grand strategy, showing why insecurity lies at the root of Chinese power projection... Readers will not ...

The Soviet Vienna Operation began on 16 March 1945 when the assault armies of 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts succeeded in penetrating the Axis defens...

In this "scrupulously reported biography" (NPR) Jordan documents how Melania Trump had discussing being First Lady nearly two decades before she la...

Reducere. Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 195...

A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29 "Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator." --The New York Times Book Revie...

Reducere. Velvet Meets the Iron Curtain is a true story of an unexpected revolution of the heart.This autobiography tells a story of a man born behind the Ir...

Reducere. The 2019 USBBY Outstanding International Book and 2019 ILA Notable Books for a Global Society selection is now available in paperback One day they ...

In The Hidden Place, Vickie takes you on a rare journey behind the walls of a communist orphanage and the harsh realities of everyday life as an or...

Reducere. A Soviet government tried to extinguish God's Truth by placing its messengers in bonds. But the light of God's Word and its hope of salvation could...