The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory, Paperback - Andrew Bacevich

Reducere. A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestsell...

Reducere. DescriptionIn a substantial new afterword to his classic account of the collapse of American triumphalism in the wake of World War II, Tom Engelhar...

Reducere. In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals ali...

Reducere. Epoca iluziilor. Cum si-a irosit America victoria in Razboiul Rece O relatare provocatoare si o analiza patrunzatoare despre absurditatile si amagi...

Reducere. A history of America in World War II is told through the lives of an ethnically diverse group of ordinary Americans struggling for equality at home...

Reducere. O relatare provocatoare si o analiza patrunzatoare despre absurditatile si amagirile de dupa Razboiul Rece care au culminat cu epoca lui Donald Tru...

Reducere. DescriptionAndrew Bacevich is a leading American public intellectual, writing in the fields of culture and politics with particular attention to wa...

'Sam Willis has pulled off another notable coup in bringing to light these original dispatches, which add so much knowledge, and so much colour and...

DescriptionOn March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more t...

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Publisher: David Icke BooksAuthor(s): David IckeIllustration(s): 10 Black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 350Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Epoca iluziilor - Andrew Bacevich

O relatare provocatoare si o analiza patrunzatoare despre absurditatile si amagirile de dupa Razboiul Rece care au culminat cu epoca lui Donald Tru...

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

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...

During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their...

Reducere. Since the end of the Cold War the United States and other major powers have wielded their air forces against much weaker state and non-state actors...

Reducere. Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.S. submarine commanders in World War II. The first skippers...

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

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Reducere. Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world...

The railways mobilised troops, transported munitions, evacuated children from cities and kept vital food supplies moving where other forms of trans...

With exclusive interviews, a Signal Corps veteran tells the full story of how cryptography helped defeat the Axis powers, at Bletchley Park and bey...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant ...

Reducere. In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertis...

Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

Reducere. From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo how a group of brilliant but under-supported CIA operatives developed breakthrough spy tactic...

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler PublishersAuthor(s): Thom HartmannNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 178 x 19Cover type: Paperb...

From National Book Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Author Albert Marrin, a timely examination of Red Scares in the United States, including the Ros...

An interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. The author argues that art is part of the general culture, not...

This biography of Beatriz Allende - revolutionary doctor and daughter of Salvador Allende - portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for cha...

After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andrew ImbrieIllustration(s): 8 figuresNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 30Cover...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s...

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Andrew J. Priest offers a new understanding of the roots of American empire that foregrounds the longer history of perceptions of European powers. ...

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from ...

Set against the back-drop of the Cold War, Al Venter examines the Soviet-led guerrilla conflict in Portuguese Guinea which sought to expel the Port...

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...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): A NaqviNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

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: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Andrew BacevichNumber of pages: 224Collection: American Empire ProjectPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 ...

Reducere. America, how well do you know your history?Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U.S. senator was nearly caned t...

Reducere. For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way ima...

In-depth reassessment of the contributions made by allied forces to the Duke of Wellington's army at the Battle of Waterloo.Publisher: Pen & Sword ...

Reducere. Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Guilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil ...