Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953, Paperback - Steven Casey

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced...

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DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

A narrative history of the Korean War by bestselling author Sir Max Hastings

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Tao Wang offers a new account of Sino-American relations in the mid-1950s that situates the two great powers in their international context. He rev...

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Public Opinion is Walter Lippmann's groundbreaking work which demonstrates how individual beliefs are swayed by stereotypes, the mass media, and po...

This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate over the emergence of an early modern 'public sphere'. Focusing on the petition-lik...

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This fascinating and well-constructed volume of essays builds understanding of the role and importance of music during periods of conflict and high...

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A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and dar...

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Reducere. America lost 1.4 million citizens in the North Korean attacks of March 2020. This is the final, authorized report of the government commission char...

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Reducere. Collected in this massive 500 page omnibus editions are Walter Lippman's four most important books. These four books are seminal texts in the field...

A history of US public broadcasting, from its initial, idealist attempt to reshape television, to its current state - mediocre and as dependent on ...

In 2017, a white supremacist rally at the University of Virginia forced many to consider how much progress had been made in a country that, nine ye...

Publisher: Duke University PressNumber of pages: 183Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 12Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Juli...

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This thorough account of the postwar search for 150 suspected Nazi collaborators in the United States explains how they immigrated into the United ...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Daniel J. MarshallIllustration(s): 2 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustr...

This volume details the influence of Second World War aviation development, experience and subsequent technological advances in shaping American ch...

In 1955, the United States Information Agency published a lavishly illustrated booklet called My America. Assembled ostensibly to document "the bas...

Reducere. Collected in this massive 500 page omnibus editions are Walter Lippman's four most important books. These four books are seminal texts in the field...

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The United States is once again experiencing a major influx of immigrants. Rather than simply characterizing Americans as either nativist or nonnat...

This book is about the transformation of America that has occurred over the past thirty-five years as capitalist logic has expanded into previously...

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Argues that global supply chain integration pits firms and industries that are dependent on foreign supply chains against those that are less depen...

Nine armies of 27 divisions of the Communist Chinese People's Volunteer Army, numbering 250, 000 troops, launch a night attack along a 40-mile fron...

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An in-depth and over-time analysis of public opinion about party competence on issues in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany, revealing how i...

Public Corruption in the United States provides a comprehensive view of public corruption, including discussion on the types, methods, trends, chal...

A timely and persuasive discussion of the circumstances, challenges, and possibilities facing the new socialist movement in the US.Publisher: Hayma...

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A revised and expanded edition of Ali's important history of how African Americans have created independent and third-party movements to expand dem...