The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Power Elite, 1945-1963, Paperback - Michael Swanson

Reducere. Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its...

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Reducere. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his famous warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, he never would have dreamed that ...

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First named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address, the Military-Industrial Complex, originally an exclusively American phenomen...

Experts analyse the impact of World War II on individual countries and regions, and how its legacy continues to shape political and military thinki...

Reducere. Why did the Vietnam War begin? When most Americans today think of the Vietnam War they think of the period of time between the years surrounding 19...

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

Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy...

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. A deep dive into UFO cover-ups by the deep state. A wake-up call to what has and is being hidden.: "The leading proponent of the theory that the US...

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

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Reducere. This book addresses a central question about the Cold War that has never been adequately resolved. Why did the United States go to such lengths not...

Offering a fascinating biography of a foundational theory, Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped ideas but als...

Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of Ame...

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Reducere. What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestsell...

Comprehensive books to support study of History for the IB Diploma Paper 3, revised for first assessment in 2017.

Reducere. A full assembly of all 249 maps and sketches from UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN HISTORY - THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST. Al...

DescriptionWinner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented f...

Reducere. Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to ...

Award winning author Gregory S. Kealey's study of Canada's security and intelligence community before the end of World War II depicts a nation caug...

Reducere. The Cold War did not culminate in World War III as so many in the 1950s and 1960s feared, yet it spawned a host of military engagements that affect...

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 ...

Arranged chronologically by theatre, this illustrated guide gives a complete organizational breakdown of NATO and Warsaw Pact aviation units from t...

The first two decades after the end of the Cold War were characterized by governments' desires to reduce the sizes of their armed forces, not least...

Reducere. I.A.A.Thompson, Emeritus Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is the author of War and Government in Habsburg Spain, a seminal study of the impa...

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...

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

It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Ber...

DescriptionDrawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the 5th SS Division Wiking 1941 - 1945 is the 5th book in the Waffen-...

Reducere. "The Commentaries on the Gallic War" is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar des...

This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning n...

WORLD WAR II POP QUIZAfter losing World War I, Germany was disarmed, forbidden to build an air force or submarines, and its army could not exceed 1...

With more than 120 black-&-white drawings and with easy-to-follow text, The POW How To Escape Handbook is for anyone who wants to know how to survi...

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...

Hailed on publication as a thought-provoking, authoritative analysis of the true beginnings of the Second World War, this revised edition of The Ro...

In this magisterial and groundbreaking work, Csaba Bekes shares decades of his research to provide a sweeping examination of Hungary's internationa...

A new edition for HL Option 2, History of the Americas, Topic 16: The Cold War and the Americas (1945-1981)The renowned IB Diploma History series, ...

Charting the rise and fall of almost fifty years of global confrontation, this book highlights the impact of the Cold War on the culture of the tim...

DescriptionIn 1949, as Cold War tensions in Europe mounted, French intellectual and former Buchenwald inmate David Rousset called upon fellow conce...

Reducere. Lukas Prize ProjectWinner of the Bancroft Prize King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war--colonists against Indians--that erupted in New Engl...

Reducere. This coursebook with Cambridge Elevate edition covers Paper 3, HL option 2: History of the Americas, Topic 16: The Cold War and the Americas (1945-...

The United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan have danced on the knife's edge of war for more than seventy years. By mapping the hi...

Reducere. Leadership is a life-changing, three-book collection of abridged classics designed to guide you towards success in all areas of your life. Niccol M...

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