Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War - Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War - Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

Reducere. In Through the Year with Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth President of the United States takes you on a unique journey into the heart of the Christia...

Reducere. Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War. The two men embodied opposing strategies for winning the conflict. Ye...

Reducere. 'Catalogues what happens to sport horses in plain sight ... should be compulsory reading for all of us who care about horses.' - Professor Paul McG...

Considers how NATO and its member states used sport as a diplomatic arena during the height of the Cold War, and how international sport responded ...

Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace. This bespoke series from the leading History publisher follows our proven ...

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...

DescriptionThis is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country th...

Reducere. An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of the CIA-funded Congress for Cultu...

"Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new loo...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Kai BirdIllustration(s): 2 8P 4C INS.; black and white photos throughoutNumber of pages: 784Publication d...

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in th...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Glenn DyerA disgraced agent. A missing battle plan. Will he find redemption or damage the Allies beyond repair?London, 1942...

Looking at the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in literary works, this book argues that iterations of a notion...

Reducere. Joe's Candy Store seems like a normal place. People shop during the day. They browse the many aisles filled with candy of all shapes and sizes. Whe...

Reducere. In At Penpoint Monica Popescu traces the development of African literature during the second half of the twentieth century to address the intertwin...

Reducere. Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South uses oral histories and more than 215 photographs to look at the life of the former president and how the South ...

Reducere. The first picture book about the inspiring life of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and a Nobel Prize win...

Reducere. Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 is the period study that investigates the causes of the Cold War, three of its key crises and the re...

Uncover the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in this true story of spies and intrigue surround...

Clear Revise illustrated revision and practice for Edexcel GCSE History. Absolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of GCSE History revision...

Anthropology At the Dawn of the Cold War. The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA - Dustin M. Wax

DescriptionIn this readable and highly original book, John J. Curley presents the first synthetic account of global art during the Cold War. Throug...

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DescriptionBetween the end of the Second World War and the collapse of Communism confrontation with the Soviet Union was an everyday reality. As pa...

Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and ...

DescriptionThough World War II took place after the development of color photography, nearly all of the familiar images of it are in black and whit...

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This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallip...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Israel takes on the greatest threats faced by Israel todayIn addition to Hamas, which provoke...

Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History exams. Packed full o...

James Lockhart blends Chilean, inter-American and transatlantic national, regional and world-historical trends into a century-long Cold War narrati...

DescriptionHistory textbooks typically list 1945-1990 as the Cold War years, but it is clear that tensions from that period are still influencing w...

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...

Transforming Military Power since the Cold War: Britain, France, and the United States, 1991–2012 - Theo Farrell, Sten Rynning, Terry Terriff

Reducere. From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, "splendid" (The Washington Post) biography of Ji...

From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. Li...

Reducere. Explore the Cold War and Get a Deeper Understanding of the Korean and Vietnam WarTwo captivating manuscripts in one book: Korean War: A Captivating...

The author offers a bold and authoritative maritime history of World War II which takes a fully international perspective and challenges the existi...

Leading historians and political scientists explore the changes and continuities in world politics that emerged from the end of the Cold War. Using...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jian ChenThis comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the ori...

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A treatment of cinema's long and fraught relations with the monstrous symbols of Soviet communism

The first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian.Illustrations: 2x8-pg...

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mo...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Mar...

Reducere. The definitive history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the world The Cold War began on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepe...