Revolution in the Terra Do Sol: The Cold War in Brazil

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

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Lino ConcasIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 202 x 22Co...

Through an analysis of Cold War Era films including Border Incident , Where Danger Lives , and Touch of Evil , Stephanie Fuller illustrates how cin...

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

Reducere. This collection studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining U.S.-Soviet rivalry in terms of the foreign policies of China, Japan, Nor...

Reducere. The mission of the U.S. Navy's fast attack submarines during the Cold War was a closely guarded secret for many years, but this look back at the pe...

Morgan and his contributors develop the concept of the Information Regime as a way to understand the use, abuse, and control of information in East...

Reducere. In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formall...

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A detailed examination of the events before and after the Battle of Angola, with several chapters covering the colonial struggle between Africa and...

Radio technology and broadcasting played a central role in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, ...

Reducere. Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz ...

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...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Suely RolnikTranslator: Brian HolmesNumber of pages: 496Collection: Semiotext(e) / Foreign AgentsPublication dat...

An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal, painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing t...

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...

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrog...

Reducere. In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaig...

DescriptionHow socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet eraIn...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael NapierIllustration(s): Fully illustrated throughout in colour and black and whiteNumber of p...

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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...

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

Reducere. After experiencing severe hardship during her young life, fifteen-year old Deborah Sampson has finally found true love with eighteen-year old Robbi...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Paschalis (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) PechlivanisNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2020Dime...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Cold War, the CIA's covert battles aga...

Reducere. This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whe...

Amid the Cold War and global student protests, transnational forces significantly shaped the modernization of educational systems in Spain and Lati...

Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest s...

In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but al...

Reducere. A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern EuropeIn Cold Revolution, essayists examine the relationship between visual...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Eugene B. (Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) RumerNumber of pages: 248C...

A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of ...

After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

Reducere. A personal journey through some of the darkest moments of the cold war and the early days of television newsMarvin Kalb, the award-winning journali...

Looking back to the evolution of foreign aid during the Cold War, David C. Engerman invites us to recognize the strategic thinking at the heart of ...

In the years after World War II, Georgetown's leafy streets were home to an unlikely group of Cold Warriors who helped shape American strategy. Thi...

With the end of the Second World War Britain needed time to recover; it could not face another war, but the new threat of Soviet hegemony put paid ...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): James D. HornfischerIllustration(s): Three 16-PP photo inserts; mapsNumber of pages: 640Publication date:...

Focusses on the McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom's role as an air defence fighter.

In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the ...

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The epic tale of the House of Orange-Nassau, from 1772 to 1890.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jeroen van ZantenIllustration(s): 64 illustratio...

In today's world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our percept...

Based on extensive archival research, the contributions in this collection examine the nuances of neutrality leading up to and during the Cold War....

DescriptionAfter the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria fell in total dependency upon the Soviet Union as a direct result of the 1944 Yalta agre...