China's Cold War Science Diplomacy, Hardback - Gordon (University of Oxford) Barrett

The first comprehensive study of the history of the Chinese Communist Party's science diplomacy. Based on a wide range of archival research, includ...

Martha Graham's Cold War frames the story of Martha Graham and her particular brand of dance modernism as pro-Western Cold War propaganda used by t...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

Drawing on interviews with former NATO ambassadors, alliance military leaders, and senior NATO officials, the author shows that these leaders playe...

With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authorit...

In this thought-provoking and alarming book, veteran China specialist and foreign correspondent Ian Williams examines how China's aggressive foreig...

This intellectual biography of Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov (1930-2008), the prominent Russian historian who was a leading scholar of US history and Ru...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jussi M. (Professor of International History and Politics, Professor of International History and ...

China's geo-economic vision is transforming the Eurasian continent. Acclaimed foreign policy experts recount their travels across Central Asia, bea...

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.Illu...

Reducere. In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cult...

This is the story of the USAF Tactical Air Command units that were resident in the United Kingdom during the Cold War from 1952 to 1992. An extensi...

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Reducere. The 1960s represented a revolutionary moment around the globe. In rural Mexico, several guerrilla groups organized to fight against the ruling Inst...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): James (Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, Associate Professor of Gover...

Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a str...

Reducere. Published at a time when the U.S. government's public diplomacy is in crisis, this book provides an exhaustive account of how it used to be done. T...

Chinese Communists have long embraced capitalism, for various reasons. In the 1930s Communists made deals with foreign capitalists to finance the r...

The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorba...

Study of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasn't fought. The reality, of course, is that many 'hot' conflicts did occur, some with ...

Investigates the intertwining of fiction, documentary and memory in filmPublisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Maurizio CinquegraniIllustr...

Drive critical, engaged learning and advanced skills development. Enabling comprehensive, rounded understanding, the student-centred approach activ...

With step-by-step exam strategies and Examiner Tip features for all AQA question types, this revision guide offers the clear revision approach of R...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Alexander D. (Associate Professor of International Relations, Associate Professor of International...

The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth...

Reducere. In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western eco...

Twelve Japanese scholars of American studies tell their stories of how they encountered ""America"" and came to dedicate their careers to studying ...

DescriptionFrom its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as hav...

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War examines the nature of war and presents a genealogy of Western ideas and practices spanning over 2500 years.Publisher: Oxford University PressA...

DescriptionIn view of its size, and vast land and sea boundaries that it shares with its neighbours, China has always regarded its peripheral polic...

Revealing the secrets of reptilian social relationships through original quantitative research, field studies, laboratory experiments, and careful ...

Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independencePublisher: WW Norton & ...

In this sweeping and incisive work, Lorenzini provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoram...

A new take on Latin American literature that analyzes secret police reports on writers and advances readings of their novels, short stories, and po...

DescriptionGrace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the tw...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Brigid CohenIllustration(s): 19 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 376Collection: New Materia...

Publisher: Purdue University PressAuthor(s): Walther Leisler KiepIllustration(s): 42 black & white figuresNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 201...

This is the first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes. Revealing how China has used the US-led War on Terror as c...