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Book Synopsis'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of RevengeTrade Review'A racy and readable account of a range of Soviet intelligence operations carried out during the Cold War.' -- Telegraph‘An enjoyable read’ -- The Times'Entertaining.' -- Tablet'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' -- Tom Bower, author of Revenge'From honey traps to hit jobs, the plot twists like The Third Man in post-war Vienna. Mark Hollingsworth ably traces the history of active measures from Lenin’s Chekists to the present day. Deeply researched, fluently written and insightful, this book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the threat Putin’s Russia poses to us here in Britain.' -- Edward Lucas, author of Deception'A valuable account of an important and highly topical subject – Russian intelligence operations against the West… A must-read for anyone wishing to understand the origins of the malign mindset and obsession of Vladmir Putin and his acolytes.' -- Christopher Steele, former MI6 officer in Russia, 1990-93‘Gripping and insightful… We meet an intriguing list of characters through which the Soviets aimed to gain an advantage over the West. Motivated by ideology, or in other cases by money, they are an exotic list whose stories are explored in detail and give the book a feeling of a real-life spy novel… A good read with fascinating insights, Hollingsworth’s book is to be recommended.’ -- Kevan Jones MP, PoliticsHome

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Book SynopsisIn 1950 the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China signed a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance to foster cultural and technological cooperation. While this treaty was intended as a break with the colonial past, Austin Jersild argues that the alliance ultimately failed because the enduring problem of Russian imperialism led to Chinese frustration with the Soviets.

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Book SynopsisJan Bardsley is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.Trade Review[This] valuable book … will be a great read for both students and scholars of postwar discourses on gender in Japan. * Journal of Japanese Studies *Richly evidenced and engrossing ... This volume provides the reader with an insightful and well researched analysis of gender roles and discussions in post-war Japan, and is a welcome addition to the literature. * English Historical Review *[T]his a fascinating book that offers a compelling look at how the ‘Japanese housewife’ was mobilized in debates over postwar democracy. It will be of great interest to those who study postwar Japanese women’s history and literature. * Japan Forum *The richness and variety of the book’s sources, and the consistently high level of Bardsley’s analysis across multiple textual and visual genres, make her account convincing, informative, and even entertaining ... Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan is an engaging and intellectually stimulating piece of scholarship that will enhance discussions on the history of Japan’s Allied Occupation and of postwar Japan, on gender in modern Japan and in Cold War politics, and on the cultural dimensions of U.S.-Japan relations. * Monumenta Nipponica *Through close readings of popular media—from contentious letters to newspaper editors to debates covered in women's magazines, from tales of flawed fashionistas to satirical cartoons—Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan takes an innovative approach to the gender politics shaping Japan in the 1950s. Jan Bardsley effectively challenges the notion that the liberation of Japanese women was primarily the result of the American occupation of Japan after World War II. In addition, her analysis of the media construction of housewives, princesses, and beauty queens places Japan’s postwar era squarely in the geopolitics of the Cold War. Accessible and provocative, Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan will be a very useful book for classes in gender studies in a variety of disciplines. * Barbara Molony, Professor of History, Santa Clara University, USA *In Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan, Jan Bardsley invites us into a dynamic world of post-WWII Japan where the process of “democratization” initiated by American occupiers has unleashed a series of events and controversies involving women, homes, and nation. Offering fascinating tales of “Kitchen Princess,” “Beauty Queen,” “Real Estate Siren,” and “Desiring Women,” all of whom enlivened the Cold War Japan with their womanly determination and domestic ingenuity, Bardsley gives us an enchanting moment to re-imagine Japan in a manner far more complex and nuanced than ever attempted before. Against the backdrop of constitutional reform, gender democratization, and domestic modernization, Japanese women were historical agents of exceptional complexity, whose sentiments and practices hardly if ever followed any predictable route. Re-introducing women and the home to the center stage of the postwar Japanese history, Bardsley’s book charts a new territory of analysis where richness of archival research is coupled with deftness of storytelling to reward its readers. * Mire Koikari, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies, University of Hawaii, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Tales of the Kitchen Princess 2. Dueling Etiquettes: Mrs. Mogi takes on the Occupationnaires 3. The Housewife Debate of 1955 4. What Women Want: The Postwar Appetite 5. Fashioning the People’s Princess: Shoda Michiko and the Royal Wedding of 1959 6. Japan’s Miss Universe: Beauty Contests and Postwar Democracy 7. From the Housewife’s Kitchen to the Witches' Den: Fantasies of Female Power in Enchi Fumiko’s Masks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Every Home a Fortress, Thomas Bishop details the remarkable cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity -- the fallout shelter father, who, with spade in hand and the canned goods he has amassed, sought to save his family from atomic warfare. Putting policy documents and presidential addresses into conversation with previously unmined personal letters, diaries, local media coverage, and antinuclear ephemera, Bishop demonstrates that the nuclear crisis years of 1957 to 1963 were not just pivotal for the history of international relations but were also a transitional moment in the social histories of the white middle class and American fatherhood. During this era, public concerns surrounding civil defense shaped private family conversations, and the fallout shelter emerged as a site at which ideas of nationhood, national security, and masculinity collided with the complex reality of trying to raise and protect a family in the nuclear age.Trade Review“Moving beyond the customary view of Cold War civil defense as a monumental failure to mobilize the public, Bishop provides an insightful, fascinating examination of fathers who took action to protect their families from the expected horror of nuclear war.”- David F. Krugler, author of This Is Only a Test: How Washington D.C. Prepared for Nuclear War ; “Bishop does yeoman’s work in bringing nuclear Cold War scholarship into the realm of masculinity and makes a key contribution.”- Robert A. Jacobs, author of The Dragon’s Tail: Americans Face the Atomic AgeTable of Contents Introduction Chapter One The Log Cabin of the Nuclear Age Chapter Two The Fallout Shelter Father on the New Frontier Chapter Three Fatherhood in the Target Zone Building a Fallout Shelter in Colorado Chapter Four Family Room of Tomorrow: Fallout Shelter Salesmen Chapter Five Fatherhood, Survival and Violence at the Shelter Doorway Conclusion Take to the Hills: Fatherhood and Survival in the Nuclear Age and Beyond

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Book SynopsisMichal Racyn is professor in the Department of Slavonic Studies at Masaryk University.

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Book SynopsisThis volume showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region's little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. Toward a Global History of Latin America's Revolutionary Left offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups.Featuring contributions from historians working in six different countries, this collection includes chapters on Cuba's hosting of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference that brought revolutionary movements together; Czechoslovakian intelligence's logistical support for revolutionaries; the Brazilian Left's search for recognition in Cuba and China; the central role played by European publishing houses in disseminating news from Latin America; Italian support for Brazilian guerrillainsurgents; Spanish ties with Nicaragua's revolution; and the solidarity of European networks with Guatemala's Guerrilla Army of the Poor.Through its expansive geographical perspectives, this volume positions Latin America as a significant force on the international stage of the 1960s and 70s. It sets a new research agenda that will guide future study on leftist movements, transnational networks, and Cold War history in the region.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction: Globalizing Latin America's Revolutionary Left; Historiography, Approaches, and Context Tanya Harmer and Alberto Martín Álvarez Part I. Latin America's Revolutionary Left in the Age of the Tricontinental 1. Czechoslovakia and Latin America's Guerrilla Insurgencies: Secret Services, Training Networks, Mobility, and Transportation Michal Zourek 2. Revolutionary Diplomacy and the Third World: Historicizing the Tricontinental Conference from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Blanca Mar León 3. The Brazilian Far Left, Cuba, and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1963: New International Evidence on a Discordant "Struggle for Ascendancy" James G. Hershberg Part II. Latin America's Revolutionary Left and Europe 4. The Italian Communist Party between "Old Comrades in Arms" and the Challenges of the New Armed Left Gerardo Leibner 5. The Influence of Latin America's Revolutionary Left in Europe: The Role of Left-Wing Editors Eduardo Rey Tristán 6. Solidarity and Diplomatic Work of the Guatemalan Revolutionary Movement in Europe: The Case of the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (Guerrilla Army of the Poor) Arturo Taracena Arriola 7. Spanish Internationalists in the Sandinista Revolution: An Approach to the Ambrosio Mogorrón Committee (1986–1990) José Manuel Ágreda Portero Afterword: The Americas, North and South Van Gosse List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisGermany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their traumatised populations, exhausted and embittered by defeat, face a future of acute privation and hardship. Such was the broken state of the nation in which a British civilian and military force arrived in the spring and summer of 1945. Their zone of occupation was the northern and northwestern part of Germany, the country’s former industrial heartland. Their task? To build democracy from the ruins of Hitler’s Reich, and, having defeated Nazism on the battlefield, to ‘win the peace’ by eradicating Nazism from German hearts and minds. As well as offering a vivid narrative of the British occupation in political and military terms, from the Potsdam Conference to the Berlin Airlift, Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans explores the day-to-day experiences of the ordinary Britons who worked for the Control Commission for Germany between 1945 and 1949. Some reconstructed bridges and schools, supervised the destruction of military matériel and brought fugitive Nazis to justice; while others became entangled in black marketeering, corruption and sexual scandal. In time, they would find themselves on the front line of the Cold War, as irreconcilable tensions divided Europe between East and West.Trade ReviewImmensely readable ... Cowling expertly navigates his narrative through a post-war Europe of conflicting ideas, difficult decisions, brilliant minds and flawed people -- Katja Hoyer * Daily Telegraph *Candid and illuminating -- Richard Overy * Literary Review *Very readable ... The real strength of the book is in the tiny details that Cowling's painstaking research uncovers -- Glenda Cooper * Mail on Sunday *A gripping account of the post-war period detailing life in the British Zone. The Allies may have won the war but with Germany in ruins and millions homeless, hopeless and starving, would they win the peace? * Julia Boyd, author of A Village in the Third Reich *An endlessly wonderful evocation of the post-War years when we tried, despite the chaos of the times, understandably bitter feelings, and ruinous expense, to create a new, democratic Germany, even as our Empire crumbled around us. It may not have been our finest hour - yet, to the infinite benefit of Europe, we really did win the peace. A clear, grand idea mixed with unforgettable new details make this unputdownable. * James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of Germany *An excellent, vivid, readable social history of the British and their Zone in Post-War Germany. * Giles MacDonogh *The British occupation of Germany after 1945 was sometimes shameful, sometimes heroic, but often just chaotic. Cowling’s brilliantly researched book reveals it all, and must surely become the standard work on the subject. * Keith Lowe *Meticulously researched and skilfully written, Daniel Cowling’s narrative evokes a shattered post-war world in which British men and women were given the herculean task of rebuilding a democratic Germany. As they sought to round-up ex-Nazis, racketeers and corrupt officials, some found themselves drawn to an underworld rife with crime, drunkenness and sex. A ground-breaking account of a little-known period. * Giles Milton, author of Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare *

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Book SynopsisAt the end of the Second World War, it quickly dawned on the West that the defeat of one totalitarian enemy - Hitler''s Germany - had left another, our late ally turned potential foe: Soviet Russia. This official assessment of the Red Army''s strength and standing, published in 1949, is therefore of consuming interest to students of the Cold War. It comprises a history of the Red Army from its formation in 1918 after the Bolshevik Revolution to its triumph in the Second World War. Then follows a section on the army''s command and control structure; notes on its post-war re-organisation; and two long chapters on tactics - including such subjects as tanks, air support; night attacks and artillery. There are more chapters on weapons, equipment, conditions of service, supply and airborne operations. With charts of command structures, and photographs and diagrams of important weapons, this is as complete a snapshot of a potentially hostile enemy force as can be imagined.

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Book SynopsisAfter the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the United States became deeply involved in Greek affairs. By 1952, however, the pro-Western government of Marshal Papagos began to support the nationalist ‘Enosis’ movement in Cyprus and called for an end to British colonial rule in the island. The opposition of the US, Britain and Turkey to these demands brought Greece face-to-face with its closest allies at the United Nations in 1954 and led to the outbreak of the first major crisis within NATO since its creation. Greece and the Cold War examines these developments from the novel perspective of critical international theory and exposes the unexplored connections between dependence and nationalism in Greek foreign policy. Drawing on a wide range of American, British and Greek archival sources, it argues that nationalism and compliance with the collective interests of NATO were two irreconcilable objectives in Greek foreign policy after 1952. At the same time, the book tells the story of how the post-Civil War governments of Greece, for a variety of political, cultural and ideological reasons, treated these two objectives as essentially compatible, resulting in the adoption of a dualist policy. This self-contradictory diplomatic doctrine, which the author refers to as “dependent nationalism”, lies at the heart of Greece’s post-War failures both to emancipate its politics from US intervention and to peacefully end its regional dispute with Turkey over Cyprus. The book deploys an interdisciplinary approach which brings together the diverse perspectives of diplomatic history, foreign policy analysis and political sociology.Trade ReviewA compelling history that alerts the reader to the geopolitics of the Greek world and the word. Absorbing in its details while eye-opening in its transnational conceptualization. * Gonda Van Steen, Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, King’s College London, UK *Interweaving an account of Greek foreign policy in the wake of Greece’s civil war with the latest International Relations theory, Alexander Kazamias achieves the impossible: a solid work of history, based on extensive archival research, which is located within a sophisticated conceptual framework. * Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History, UCL, UK *In this trenchant analysis of Greek foreign policy, Alexander Kazamias shows how resurgent irredentism, far from being independent of colonialism, could fatally fuse with the self-interested goals of a declining but still massively powerful British imperium and the virulent anti-communism of the Cold War. Rejecting political and cultural stereotypes, Kazamias crafts a disturbingly credible account of how this toxic ideological brew has continued to plague Greek foreign relations while concomitantly condemning Cyprus to geopolitical limbo. He thereby elucidates the long-term effects of colonialism and its reincarnation in postcolonial hegemonies. * Michael Herzfeld, author of Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage *Table of ContentsIntroduction Conceptualizing the Dualism of Greek Foreign Policy Hegemony, Dependence and the US Policy Review of 1952 The Domestic Structures of the Post-Civil War Political System From Dependence to Dualism: Cyprus enters Greek Foreign Policy Dependent Nationalism: ‘Operating between two Notions’ The Semi-Internationalization of the Cyprus Question: The UN Appeal The Dualist Aspects of Foreign Economic Policy Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a dynamic and concise overview of the Cold War. Offering balanced coverage of the whole era, it takes a firmly global approach, showing how at various times the focus of East-West rivalry shifted to new and surprising venues, from Laos to Katanga, from Nicaragua to Angola. Throughout, Jenkins emphasises intelligence, technology and religion, as well as highlighting themes that are relevant to the present day. A rich array of popular culture examples is used to demonstrate how the crisis was understood and perceived by mainstream audiences across the world, and the book includes three ‘snapshot’ chapters, which offer an overview of the state of play at pivotal moments in the conflict – 1946, 1968 and 1980 – in order to illuminate the inter-relationship between apparently discrete situations. This is an essential introduction for students studying Cold War, twentieth century or Global history.Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart One: Between Wars? 1945-19672. Origins: The World In 19463. The Struggle For Europe4. Nuclear Perils5. Asian Theaters6. Decolonization and Third World Struggles7. Khrushchev and KennedyPart Two: Living in the Cold War8. National Security and Repression9. Spies, Saboteurs, and Defectors10. Cold War CulturesPart Three: The Struggle Redefined: 1968-199111. Crisis of Ideologies: The World in 196812. A Cold Peace, or War by Other Means?13. Four Minutes to Midnight: The World in 198014. The New Struggle15. Endgame16. Conclusion: Winners, Losers, and Inheritors

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond political elites, it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these encounters and sheds light on migration, media, development, and solidarity through personal and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings, the volume shows how the encounters, albeit often brief, significantly influenced both African and East German histories.

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Book SynopsisCold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge delves into how the Cold War, as a global phenomenon, shaped local conditions and decisions for science in light of US-Europe relationships. The articles in this volume, edited by Jeroen van Dongen, show how the western network in which science was circulated and produced was strongly conditioned by the state and its international relations. The workings of secrecy, the consequences of US hegemony and decolonization, and the ambitions of post-war recovery attempts were all mediated through the interference of the state and through its relative position in the network. At the same time, hubristic expectations prefigured in the state’s relation to science.Trade Review'Like water incrementally descending a cascade, the Soviet-American affair of the Cold War trickled down deep into the cracks of Western European science. This subtle reformulation of John Krige's 'American consensual hegemony' is one of the merits of Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge. [...] The volume's main focus is on the relation between science and national governments, both on a local and a global level. [...] this volume contains several fascinating case studies and provides interesting historiographical nuances, especially by paying serious attention to 'small' European nations.' - Jorrit Smit (Universiteit Leiden), in: Studium, volume 9, issue 3 (2016), p.181-182.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Note on Contributors Introduction PART 1 Secrecy and Science 1 Scientists, Secrecy, and Scientific Intelligence: The Challenges of International Science in Cold War America Ronald E. Doel 2 A ‘Need-To-Know-More’ Criterion? Science and Information Security at NATO during the Cold War Simone Turchetti 3 A Transnational Approach to US Nuclear Weapons Relationships with Britain and France in the 60s and 70s John Krige PART 2 Dutch Perspectives 4 Putting a Lid on the Gas Centrifuge: Classification of the Dutch Ultracentrifuge Project, 1960–1961 Abel Streefland 5 Quid Pro Quo: Dutch Defense Research during the Early Cold War Jeroen van Dongen and Friso Hoeneveld 6 Chemical Warfare Research in the Netherlands Herman Roozenbeek 7 The Fulbright Program in the Netherlands: An Example of Science Diplomacy Giles Scott-Smith PART 3 ‘Cold War’ Science? 8 The Absence of the East: International Influences on Science Policy in Western Europe during the Cold War David Baneke 9 Colonial Crossings: Social Science, Social Knowledge, and American Power from the Nineteenth Century to the Cold War Jessica Wang PART 4 Scientific Hubris 10 Cold War Atmospheric Sciences in the United States: From Modeling to Control Kristine C. Harper 11 Small State versus Superpower: Science and Geopolitics in Greenland in the Early Cold War Matthias Heymann, Henry Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen and Henrik Knudsen 12 The Ford Foundation and the Measurement of Values Paul Erickson Index of Names

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Book SynopsisSwitzerland suffered four major terrorist attacks in 1969 and 1970, which forced the Swiss government to address the issue of international terrorism for the first time. Subsequently, “neutral” Switzerland worked closely with Western Cold War powers to develop international counterterrorism measures and forged a European-Israeli counterterrorist alignment to counter Palestinian terrorism in Europe. Using recently declassified archival records, this book is the first study to examine how the Swiss government positioned the country within the international struggle against terrorism. The book brings to light the creation of the Club de Berne, a secret European network of intelligence agencies connected to Israel and the United States. It offers new insights about the history of Swiss, Western European, and Israeli security cooperation.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction  From Bystander to Shaper of European Counterterrorism Cooperation  Method and Sources  Defining “Terrorism”  International Terrorism and the Global Cold War  State Security and the Culture of the Cold War in Switzerland Part 1. Compliance, Coordination, and Censorship: Switzerland’s Response to Palestinian and Brazilian Terrorism 1 Switzerland and Palestinian Terrorism: The 1969 Kloten Airport Attack and the 1970 Skyjack Sunday  Meticulously Prepared Crisis Mismanagement  Swiss Policymakers’ Role during the Crisis Management  Summary of Swiss Reactions to Palestinian Terrorism 2 Switzerland and Brazilian Terrorism: The Abduction of Ambassador Bucher (1970–71)  After Zarqa, Now Rio  First Round in the “War of the Nerves”—Unmaking of Swiss Policy  Second Round in the “War of the Nerves”—Limited Options  The Protracted Last Phase of the Crisis  Controlling the Kidnapping’s Media Coverage  The Swiss Authorities’ Threat Evaluation after the “Bucher Crisis”  Summary of Swiss Reactions to Brazilian Terrorism Conclusions of Part 1: A Comparison of Crisis Management Part 2. At the Forefront through the Backdoor: Switzerland’s Counterterrorism Diplomacy  The Working Group on Terrorism and its Context  The WGT: The Start of Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking 3 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the ICAO: “An Elegant Way of Doing Nothing”  Preparations for Rome: Constructive Obstruction  The Limit of Enhancing Aviation Security Laws 4 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the UN: A Fastidiously Balanced Position  Drafting of the Swiss Position at the UN  The Swiss Position at the UN  UN Counterterrorism Efforts Deadlocked 5 Swiss Counterterrorism Diplomacy at the CoE: Experts “Making” Foreign Policy  The “Non-Beginning” of the Convention  The ECCP Accelerates the Process  New Terrorist Attacks, Renewed Counterterrorism Efforts  The Police against the Rest: Inner Swiss Negotiations  Revision, Fast-Track, and Finalisation of the ECST  France against the Rest: The CoE Negotiations  French Decision-Making: Worrying About the Third World  Reinsertion of the Political Offence Clause  ECST: Success or Dead Letter?  The WGT: An Overview Conclusions of Part 2: Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking in Multilateral Fora Part 3. In Defiance of Neutrality: Switzerland’s Secret Counterterrorism Cooperation  The Club de Berne 6 A Secret Counterterrorism Alliance: Intelligence-Sharing within the Club de Berne (1971–1972)  Suspect Profiling: The Conspicuous Traveller  Political Activists as Terrorist Suspects  Tracing Terrorist Organisations  Terrorist Innovations in Weaponry and Tactics  Perpetrated Terrorist Attacks and the Lessons Learnt  Threat Assessments and Concrete Warnings  Summary of One Year of Kilowatt Cooperation Conclusions of Part 3: A Glimpse into the Club de Berne in the 1980s Conclusions  Crisis Management Shaping Swiss Counterterrorism Policy  Swiss Counterterrorism Policymaking in the 1970s  Swiss Counterterrorism Intelligence Cooperation  Research Avenues and Reflections  How and Why Countries Cooperated  No Democratic Oversight  Politics of the Latest Outrage  Swiss Neutrality and Relations with the Third World  Further Research in Terrorism Studies  Summary and Outlook Bibliography Appendixes  Appendix 1: PFLP Propaganda Material  Appendix 2: UN Resolution 3034, 18.12.1972  Appendix 3: European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, 27.01.1977 Index

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Book SynopsisThe Non-Aligned Movement had an important impact on the history of decolonization, South-South cooperation, the Global Cold War and the North-South conflict. During the 20th century nearly all Asian, African and Latin American countries joined the movement to make their voice heard in global politics. In The Non-Aligned Movement, Jürgen Dinkel examines for the first time the history of the NAM since the interwar period as a special reaction of the “Global South” to changing global orders. The study shows breaks and caesurae as well as continuities in the history of globalization and analyses the history of international relations from a non-western perspective. For this book, empirical research was undertaken in Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and the United States.

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Book SynopsisIn Reframing the Diplomat Albertine Bloemendal offers a unique window onto the unofficial dimension of Cold War transatlantic relations by analyzing the diplomatic role of the Dutch Atlanticist Ernst van der Beugel as a government official and as a private diplomat. After a career with the Dutch government at the frontlines of the Marshall Plan, European integration and transatlantic relations, Van der Beugel pursued a more freestyle approach to diplomacy as a private citizen, most notably through his role as Secretary-General of the illustrious Bilderberg Meetings and his ties to the European and American foreign policy establishments. This book also traces his close friendship with Henry Kissinger, which provided him with a direct line to the White House.Trade Review"In conclusion, measured against the objectives of the New Diplomatic History as formulated by the author, this book can certainly be considered a success. It is clear that the part played in Cold War transatlantic relations by informal actors such as Ernst van der Beugel could be significant, and an account such as this one is a valuable addition, not only to the traditional, state-oriented historiography, but also the already existing work on networks such as Bilderberg." - Ruud van Dijk, Rezension zu: Bloemendal, Albertine: Reframing the Diplomat. Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community, in: H-Soz-Kult, 27.07.2018 (www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28587).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction  Ernst van der Beugel  The Atlantic Elite and the Unofficial “Atlantic Community”  Ernst van der Beugel: A Case Study in New Diplomatic History  Sources and Structure 1 “The Great Mistake of the West”  Youth and Student Years  The Worst Years: “The Idea of War is Growing more Familiar to us Every Day”  The War Years  Conclusion 2 “Present at the Creation”  The Marshall Plan  The Paris Conference  To Washington  The Washington Meetings  The Marshall Plan: A Joint Venture between the Public and the Private Sector  The Dutch Organization  Public Private Linkages in the Netherlands  Cooperation with the American Country Mission in The Hague  A Comprehensive PR-Campaign  The ERP: Developing Transatlantic Networks  Hirschfeld’s Heir  Conclusion 3 An Atlanticist European  Historical Context: the Netherlands and the Road to Rome  Political and Military Integration  The Group of Ten  Diverging Paths: The EDC and the Rise of the Gaullists  Atlanticist vs. Europeanists and the Straightjacket of Administrative Discipline  State Secretary: The Road to Rome  Hope and Disillusionment: The Free Trade Area and Charles de Gaulle  Conclusion: an Atlanticist European 4 Unofficial Ambassador for an Atlantic Community  Statesman without Office  KLM Connections  Transition and Continuity  The Unofficial Atlantic Community  The Bilderberg Meetings  Public Voice  A Transatlantic Mediator  Turbulence at KLM  Conclusion 5 The Gaullist Challenge  Atlantic Crisis: A Nightmare Come True  Beyond ‘Facilitation’: The Run-Up to the Bilderberg Meeting in Cannes  Cannes, 1963: “We Now Know What We Are Up Against”  The MLF Conversion: From “Patch-Up Tool” to Instrument for Atlantic Cohesion  Transatlantic Family Quarrels: The Lingering Rivalry of Europeanists vs. Atlanticists  American Leadership: A Cri de Coeur  Reverberations of Williamsburg  MLF: The Battle Continues  European Political Union Revisited: The Erhard Plan  Conclusion 6 Defense, Détente and the “Average Man”  Détente and the Soviet Threat  A Decline in Accepted and Acceptable American Leadership  The Atlantic Elite and the ‘Average Man’  The Dutch Scene: Nieuw Links, the PvdA and the Vietnam Letter  The Dutch Defense Debate  A Friend in the White House  A Small Intervention that Could Make All the Difference  The Biesheuvel Cabinet and the Committee of Civil and Military Experts  In Pursuit of a Domestic Climate Conducive to Close Transatlantic Relations  Conclusion 7 The Challenge of the Successor Generation  A Very Serious Generation Problem  Consultancy: The Ford Foundation and the Successor Generation  Bilderberg and the Pursuit of a ‘Continuous Rejuvenation’  Bridging the Generation Gap: From Marienlyst to Woodstock  The Old Guard in Defense of the Capitalist System  Bilderberg and the Lockheed Scandal: An Existential Crisis  “The Smoothest Coup d’état in the History of the Atlantic Alliance”  “NATO-Professor”  Conclusion Conclusion: A Call for a New Diplomatic History Sources & Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979, Sabina Widmer analyses Swiss foreign policy in Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Somalia in the late 1960s and 1970s, at the crossroads of the global East-West confrontation and decolonisation. Focusing on the independence wars in Angola and Mozambique, the Angolan War and the Ogaden War as well as regime changes that brought Soviet-allied governments to power, this book sheds new light on Switzerland’s role in the Third World during the Cold War. Based on extensive multi-archival research, it exposes the limits of neutrality in North-South relations, reveals the growing marge de manoeuvre of small states during Détente, and highlights the role of non-state actors in the making of foreign policy.

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Book SynopsisNo studies currently exist on consuls and consulates (often dismissed as lowly figures in the diplomatic process) in the Cold War. Research into the work of these overlooked 'poor relations' offers the chance of new perspectives in the field of Cold War studies, exploring their role in representing their country’s interests in far flung and unexpected places and their support for particular communities of fellow nationals and itinerant travellers in difficulties. These unnoticed actors on the international stage played far more complicated roles than one generally imagines. . Contributors are: Tina Tamman, David Schriffl, Ariane Knuesel , Lori Maguire, Laurent Cesari, Sue Onslow, Pedro Aires Oliveira, David Lee, and Marek Hańderek.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire 1 Consuls and Their Near Cousins  Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire PART 1: Europe 2 The Accidental Consul: August Torma in Charge of Estonian Consular Affairs in London  Tina Tamman 3 The Austrian Consulate General in Bratislava during the Cold War  David Schriffl 4 “The Tea Merchant Has Returned”: The Intelligence Activities of the Chinese Consulate-General in Geneva  Ariane Knüsel 5 The North Vietnamese Trade Delegation in Paris: A Little-Known Actor in the Vietnam Conflict  Lori Maguire PART 2: East and South Asia 6 Business as (Almost) Usual: The French Consulate General in Saigon during the Break of Diplomatic Relations Between France and the Republic of Vietnam, 1965–1973  Laurent Cesari 7 Our Man in Maymyo: British Consuls in Upper Burma, 1948–1956  Sue Onslow 8 Portuguese Consuls and Diplomats and the Coming of the People’s Republic of China, c.1945–1950  Pedro Aires Oliveira 9 Australia’s Window to China in the Cold War: The Trade Commission in Hong Kong  David Lee 10 The Polish Consulate in Shanghai: Its Official and Unofficial Role, 1954–1989  Marek Hańderek 11 Conclusion  Lori Maguire and Sue Onslow Index

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Book Synopsis''White handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carré'' Sunday Times, Books of the Year''Cold Warriors reads like a thriller . . . ambitious, intelligent, searching history'' The TimesIn this age of 24-hour news coverage, where rallying cries are made on Twitter and wars are waged in cyberspace as much as on the ground, the idea of a novel as a weapon that can wield any power feels almost preposterous. The Cold War was a time when destruction was merely the press of a button away, but when the real battle between East and West was over the minds and hearts of their people. In this arena the pen really was mightier than the sword. This is a gripping, richly-populated history of spies and journalists, protest and propaganda, idealism and betrTrade ReviewAbsorbing . . . Cold Warriors reads like a thriller . . . However, this is also a book about personal and political liberty; about the freedom to write, mock and dissent; about truth, lies and wilful ignorance . . . [an] ambitious, intelligent, searching history -- Laura Freeman * The Times *A breezily readable group biography . . . raises some haunting questions -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *[A] compulsive read . . . properly cinematic, full of clandestine cross-border flights, double-crossings, arrests, internments and interrogations . . . history has rarely seemed as compelling, and as pertinent, as through the lens of White's journey through this icy age -- Peter Murphy * Irish Times *Duncan White's fascinating new book on the role of literature in the Cold War . . . It frequently grips like a thriller, even in the sections in which White is dealing with intellectual ideas rather than blackmail and violence -- Jake Kerridge * Sunday Telegraph *Brilliant * Choice *Both profound and profoundly important and as engaging as a gripping Cold War thriller * Kirkus *Consistently absorbing * Wall Street Journal *[White's] research is impressive, presented in crisp, efficient prose with an eye for the encapsulating detail . . . Cold Warriors fascinates * Spectator *White guides us expertly through the tangled terrain of the literary Cold War * Literary Review *Cold Warriors is itself written in the style of a spy thriller, echoing and invoking the countless page-turners the clash of ideologies inspired . . . the assembling and stitching together of so many competing narratives is so skilfully done . . . an important book * Times Literary Supplement *Cold Warriors is a formidable, engrossing and almost flawless achievement * Sydney Morning Herald *White handles hefty quantities of research effortlessly, combining multiple biographies with a broader overview of the period. His energetic, anecdote-laden prose will have you hooked all the way from Orwell to le Carré * Sunday Times *White has a sharp eye for the telling anecdote - for the absurd as well as the fearful -- John Mullan * Guardian *Deft and wide-ranging * Prospect *

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Book SynopsisThe gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world.

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Book SynopsisThe Solitary Spy is a unique account of the terrifying experience of incarceration and interrogation in an East German political prison, from which Boyd eventually escaped one step ahead of the KGB.

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Trade Review"Grant presents 10 articles exploring the history of British statecraft during the Cold War. Contributors first discuss issues of nuclear weapons, examining British nuclear strategy, disarmament and non proliferation policy, and civil defense policy. The focus then turns to diplomacy, broadly defined, in chapters that look at British- West German relations, Anglo-French nuclear cooperation and British policy towards the European Community, and transatlantic nuclear cooperation. The final major theme of the volume is intelligence, which is examined in terms of perceived threats to national security, Soviet missile defense and the British nuclear deterrent, and British economic intelligence activities." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.Table of ContentsForeword - Peter Hennessy; Introduction - Matthew Grant; Part One: The Bomb! 1.British nuclear strategy during the Cold War - Kristan Stoddart; 2.Disarmament and non-proliferation - Stephen Twigge; 3.Civil defence and the nuclear deterrent - Matthew Grant; Part Two: Diplomacy; 4.A coalition of 'compromise and barter' :Britain and West Germany in the Cold War 1945-75 - R. Gerald Hughes; 5.Transformation and tradition: Anglo-French nuclear co-operation and Britain's policy towards the European Community 1960-1974 - Helen Parr; 6.Transatlantic nuclear co-operation: the British perspective 1945-1991 - Melissa Pine; Part Three: Intelligence; 7.The British way in intelligence - Michael S. Goodman; 8.British intelligence and threats to British national security after the Second World War - Calder Walton; 9.British intelligence, Soviet missile defence and the British nuclear deterrent - Catherine Haddon!; 10. The British way of economic intelligence - Pete Davies; Notes on contributors.

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Book SynopsisOranges Are Not the Only Fruit meets Goodbye Lenin.''I hadn''t expected the Berlin Wall to be clean and white and smooth. It looked more like the edge of the swimming baths than the edge of the Cold War. On the grass of No-man''s Land, fat rabbits ate and strolled about as if they''d never been hunted and nothing could disturb them. This was their land and they ruled it, and there were three parts to Berlin: East, West and Rabbit.''It is 1978, Jess is thirteen and she already has a reputation - as the daughter of the only communist in town. But then, it''s in the blood. The Mitchells have been in the Party since the Party began. Jess and her mother Eleanor struggle to sell socialism to Tamworth - a sleepy Midlands town that just doesn''t want to know.So when Eleanor is invited to spend a summer teaching in East Germany, she and Jess leap at the chance to see what the future looks like. On the other side of the Iron Curtain they turn from villains into heroes. And when Eleanor meets widower Peter and his daughter, Martina, a new, more peaceful life seems possible.But the Cold War has no time for love and soon the trouble starts. Peter is dispatched for two years of solidarity work in Laos. Friends become enemies, and Jess discovers how easy it is to switch sides, and how sides can be switched for you, sometimes without you even knowing.Motherland is a tender mother-daughter story and a tragi-comic portrait of a childhood overcome with belief. It''s about loss of faith and loss of innocence, and what it''s like to grow up on the losing side of history.Trade ReviewFunny, smart, and packed full of all the melancholy you would expect from a novel that slowly sheds a child's innocence * Red *There's a great deal of humour in Motherland, all underpinned with a sober tone . . . Jess makes an engaging narrator * alifeinbooks *In its warm and witty portrait of offbeat mother-daughter relations, Motherland often recalls Nina Stibbe's Man At The Helm. Jess's gift for wry observations also gives rise to some wonderfully quotable lines * Lady *Motherland cuts a swathe through history without feeling like a lesson . . . Even though Motherland is full of historical detail, between 1980s Tamworth and the GDR, the oppression of the era never overwhelms. At the heart, and most important are the human relationships and which bonds survive * Emerald Street *I'm sure that these are characters (and the voice of a new novelist) that I for one will gladly revisit over and over again . . . A beautiful story tinged with fun, sadness and insight * Bookbag *A delightful tragi-comic novel, primarily about a mother/daughter relationship (hence the title) and also about coming of age and disillusionment . . . Motherland combines a teenager's cold-eyed view of adult absurdities and a wistfulness for lost certainties; a compelling blend * Historical Novel Review *A funny and poignant first novel * Daily Mail *This assured debut from Jo McMillan was a delight from start to finish; I was immediately drawn into the lives of the main characters and was sorry to get to the end. McMillan is now based in Berlin and she writes convincingly of both sides of the Cold War, she has a very distinct voice and will be a writer to watch in the future * We Love This Book *McMillan's writing is excellent; she captures brilliantly the voice of Jess, naive and committed at the start of the book, knowing and more questioning by the end. Although there's perhaps a certain irony in places in her portrayal of the various members of the counter-culture groups, she never belittles their belief and their faith in their cause . . . Motherland is McMillan's debut, and it's an excellent one - highly recommended! * Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings *For those of us who remember how well youthful politics can entangle teenage love, this funny, sweet, sad first novel is both a delight and a glorious journey back to a time and place many of us only recall with a wry shake of the head * Stella Duffy *An ambitious coming-of-age novel from debut author Jo McMillan, which is wonderfully written and filled with quirky details and descriptions . . . A touching and poignant read, which uniquely explores this period in time in a way in which few other authors have attempted to * Herald *Genuinely funny * Socialist Worker *A touching and poignant read, which uniquely explores this period in time in a way in which few other authors have attempted to * Press Association *An ambitious coming-of-age story, filled with quirky details and descriptions * Scotsman *It's an ambitious coming-of-age novel from debut author Jo McMillan, which is wonderfully written and filled with quirky details and descriptions . . . a touching and poignant read, which uniquely explores this period in time in a way in which few other authors have attempted to * Catholic Universe *The book (sometimes very funny, sometimes desperately embarrassing and sad, always absorbing and moving) is full of her ineradicable love for her batty, determined Stalinist mother . . . I urge you to [read it] * Mail Online *

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Book SynopsisA brilliant novel of espionage and betrayal from 'one of Britain's most accomplished thriller writers' (Daily Mail)Trade ReviewRich, densely plotted . . . If le Carré needs a successor, Williams has all the equipment for the role * Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year *Williams is an accomplished thriller writer and this may be his best book yet. London in the 1960s, its smoky pubs, damp streets and crackle of sexual liberation is so well portrayed that reading Witchfinder is almost like time travel. Williams blends fact and fiction to make a captivating read * Financial Times *Seamlessly combining real-life characters with fictional, Andrew Williams has fashioned an absolutely cracking espionage novel * Irish Independent *If a good spy novel needs anything, it's uncertainty, a hall of mirrors; and Witchfinder delivers it in spades. Great stuff.The most authentic spy novel ever written . . . an utterly fascinating account of a very dangerous time in British history when elements of the Secret State were out of control.Every bit as cynical in tone as Mick Herron's Slough House mob... a painstakingly recreated account of the cold war's darkest days * Irish Times *Gripped me not just because of its crisp writing but because of its unusually skilful blending of history and imagination... A clever, cautionary tale. * Tablet *Praise for The Suicide Club * - *Andrew Williams has established himself as a master of the intelligent political/historical thriller. The Suicide Club, set partly at Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in 1917 and partly in German occupied Beligum, is his best novel yet: gripping and disturbing * The Scotsman Books of the Year *Williams has become one of Britain's most accomplished thriller writers. Rich in the politics of war and based on spectacular research into the reality,The Suicide Club delivers a delicate portrait of the intricacies of war, while never neglecting the bravery. * Daily Mail *Meticulously researched and classily written . . . offers a distinctive perspective * The Sunday Times *The war-damaged Innes is a strong, sympathetic character and the meticulously researched background is fascinating * The Times *

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Book SynopsisWith case studies of the Cold War comedy, the 'rogue cop' film, the brainwashing thriller and the urban romances, 'Cold War Film Genres' explores these myriad productions, redefining American cinematic history with a more inclusive view of the types of films that post-war audiences actually enjoyed, and that the studios provided for them.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on theorists such as Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Luce Irigaray, Friedrich Kittler, Michel Serres, Peter Sloterdijk, Carl Schmitt, Bernard Stiegler and Paul Virilio this collection makes connections between Cold War material and conceptual technologies, as they relate to the arts, society and culture.

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Book SynopsisIn 1953 Dag Hammarskjöld became the second Secretary-General of the United Nations--the highest international civil servant. Before his mission was cut short by a 1961 plane crash in then Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), he used his office to act on the basis of anti-hegemonic values, including solidarity and recognition of otherness. The dubious circumstances of Hammarskjöld’s death have received much attention, including a new official investigation; but have perhaps overshadowed his diplomatic legacy--one that has often been hotly contested. Henning Melber explores the years of African decolonisation during which Hammarskjöld was in office, investigating the scope and limits of his influence within the context of global governance. He paints a picture of a man with strong guiding principles, but limited room for manoeuver, colliding with the essential interests of the big powers as the ‘wind of change’ blew over the African continent. His book is a critical contribution to the study of international politics and the role of the UN in the Cold War. It is also a tribute to the achievements of a cosmopolitan Swede. Trade Review'Melber’s book is a compelling one, based on assiduous research, which avoids slipping into hagiography. … [Dag Hammarskjöld] provides a forceful counterargument that explains how Hammarskjöld embodied a short-lived zeitgeist and why his application of an ethical vision to international diplomacy remains pivotal today.' -- Journal of African History

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Book SynopsisIn 1960 a mysterious car crash killed Albert Camus and his publisher Michel Gallimard, who was behind the wheel. Based on meticulous research, Giovanni Catelli builds a compelling case that the 46-year-old French Algerian Nobel laureate was the victim of premeditated murder: he was silenced by the KGB. The Russians had a motive: Camus had campaigned tirelessly against the Soviet crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and vociferously supported the awarding of the Nobel Prize to the dissident novelist Boris Pasternak, which enraged Moscow. Sixty years after Camus’ death, Catelli takes us back to a murky period in the Cold War. He probes the relationship between Camus and Pasternak, the fraught publication of Doctor Zhivago, the penetration of France by Soviet spies, and the high price paid by those throughout Europe who resisted the USSR.Trade Review'Mr. Catelli's case is compelling ... his book provides a clear and useful window into the currents that political writers were forced to navigate during the Cold War.' -- Wall Street Journal‘An investigation into the astonishing claim that the Nobel prize winner was killed by the Soviet secret police.’ -- The Sunday Times‘Published in English for the first time, the Italian poet and historian Giovanni Catelli argues that Camus, author of the existential masterpiece "The Stranger", was murdered by the Soviet security agency.’ -- The Telegraph'Kisil maintains that Zabrana did his utmost to find "credible and objective sources" of information in the USSR. "It’s possible -- and actually even probable -- that he could have met someone from this circle of people who told him about the assassination of Camus, and who themselves had heard it from someone close to the upper echelons of the Communist Party," he said.' -- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty'Catelli learned not to give up hope in the time since he discovered the testimony of Jan Zábrana. His book reads like a detective novel without resolution or punishment –– no one was or will be jailed for murdering Camus.' -- Pagina 12 (Argentina)'A text of seductive literary, biographical, critical and historical value.' -- Avvenire'Catelli succeeds in convincing us that Camus could have been assassinated by the KGB.' -- Le Monde Libertaire'Fast-paced and entertaining, reads like a spy novel.' -- La Capital (Argentina)'Catelli contends that the KGB was responsible for the auto accident that killed Camus […] More controversially, he also argues that the French government was complicit in the killing.' -- Inside Hook'Eloquently written.' -- Green Left

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Book SynopsisStalin's American Spy tells the remarkable story of Noel Field, a Soviet agent in the US State Department in the mid-1930s. Lured to Prague in May 1949, he was kidnapped and handed over to the Hungarian secret police. Tortured by them and interrogated too by their Soviet superiors, Field's forced 'confessions' were manipulated by Stalin and his East European satraps to launch a devastating series of show-trials that led to the imprisonment and judicial murder of numerous Czechoslovak, German, Polish and Hungarian party members. Yet there were other events in his very strange career that could give rise to the suspicion that Field was an American spy who had infiltrated the Communist movement at the behest of Allen Dulles, the wartime OSS chief in Switzerland who later headed the CIA. Never tried, Field and his wife were imprisoned in Budapest until 1954, then granted political asylum in Hungary, where they lived out their sterile last years. This new biography takes a fresh look at Field's relationship with Dulles, and his role in the Alger Hiss affair. It sheds fresh light upon Soviet espionage in the United States and Field's relationship with Hede Massing, Ignace Reiss and Walter Krivitsky. It also reassesses how the increasingly anti-Semitic East European show-trials were staged and dissects the 'lessons' which Stalin sought to convey through them.Trade Review'Sharp's gripping book provides the most detailed account of Noel Field, [whose] journey from a pro-communist Westerner to a pawn in Stalin's Hungarian show trials is unusual and enlightening... invaluable for gaining an insight into one of the many mysteries of the Cold War.' * Budapest Business Journal *'Stalin's American Spy is a compelling piece of work. It is historically rich, and yet moves along like a novel. Noel Field can be seen as an emblem of the ideology war of the '30s and its lost history. Moving and impressive.' * Robert Dover, author of Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence History *'This is a superb and original book in a much under-researched area. A fine work of history.' * Gerry Hughes, Lecturer in Military History, Aberystwyth University, and author of Britain, Germany and the Cold War: the search for a European Detente, 1949-1967 *'This is the first truly authentic, comprehensive and factual analysis in English of the fascinating life of Noel Field, one of the most mysterious figures on Stalin's chessboard of spies, agents and stooges. The author's gripping account is more than a personal biography of a legendary figure. This book is also essential reading for understanding the world of Stalinist show trials and key chapters of the Cold War in Europe.' * Paul Lendvai, journalist and author of Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism and Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons *

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Book SynopsisThis guide exposes the reality behind the war between capitalism and communism, two ideologies divided by the Iron Curtain. New revelations show that what was once regarded as simply a struggle between good and evil was in fact a far more complex affair. Merrilyn Thomas peels back the layers of deception and intrigue and offers a penetrating assessment of the legacy of instability that continues today.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a study of Yiddish in the Cold War through the ideological confrontations between Communist Yiddish literati in the Soviet Union, United States, Canada, Poland, France and Israel. It discusses the intellectual environments of the Moscow literary journal Sovetish Heymland.Trade Review...a concise, fascinating, and highly readable account of the role and fate of Yiddish during the Cold War...' -- Jewish Book World Jewish Book World This meticulously researched book is the first comprehensive English-language study of Yiddish in the Communist world after the murder of Soviet Yiddish writers on 12 August 1952. Estraikh's story more or less begins where everyone else's ends. For this alone, Estraikh's book is an important corrective to our understanding of Yiddish in general, and Soviet Yiddish culture in particular. Just because Stalin said he'd killed off Yiddish culture didn't make it so... Full of amazing research. -- East European Jewish Affairs East European Jewish Affairs Yiddish in the Cold War tells an important story in the history of twentieth-century Yiddish. The book's focus on the internal machinations of the editorial boards of Communist Yiddish periodicals, though, cuts short any broader observations about the Cold War per se... One hopes that Estraikh's new work will stimulate more research into Yiddish culture in the postwar Soviet Union. -- The Russian Review The Russian Review A carefully researched monograph about a hitherto hidden corner of Yiddish culture during a period of contraction. -- Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish StudiesTable of Contents1. Pain and Consolation 2. Soviet Jewish Life in the 1950s 3. Cultural Diplomacy 4. Imagining Soviet Jews 5. A Brave Face on a Sorry Business

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Book SynopsisIn the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship.Trade Review"This is an important book, one that should be read not just by historians of science but by anyone interested in the unique intellectual culture of Cold War America." (Hunter Heyck, University of Oklahoma)"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a really important story. Jones has set out to reframe much of what we know about twentieth-century environmental history, particularly of the oceans. His archival work is extraordinarily impressive, and the oral history interviews with Russian whalers and marine biologists are, to my knowledge, unique in English-language historical scholarship. But it is Jones's incorporation of whale science and his own personal vignettes that make this book special. Soviet whaling had the single greatest impact on world whale populations in the postwar period, but no other historian has told its inside story. Red Leviathan is a game-changer." -- Jason M. Colby, University of Victoria, author of "Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator" "American environmentalists are inclined to see the United States' Cold War opponent as a villain. Telling the story of the Soviet role in modern whaling, Jones complicates this perspective by acknowledging the Soviets' disproportionate impact while also looking beyond it. He illuminates the contradictions and tensions among different players within the Soviet whaling industry-whalers, the whale scientists who worked with them, and other Russians not directly involved in but still impacted by and shaping the demands of the industry. From the first attempts at whaling in Peter's Russia to the protest era and pushback against whaling by Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherds, Red Leviathan combines thorough research and great storytelling to fill a necessary gap in the history of global whaling." -- Jakobina K. Arch, Whitman College, author of "Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan"Table of ContentsPreface 1 Russia's Whale Problem 2 The Whales of Distant Seas 3 A Revolution in Whaling 4 North Pacific Numbers 5 War and Glory in the Antarctic 6 Aleksei Solyanik and the End of Area V 7 The Kollektiv and the Long Ruble 8 The Cetacean Genocide 9 Scientists Locate Their Prey 10 Whales in the Home 11 A Whale Is Not a Fish: Back to the North Pacific 12 Greenpeace and the View from the Dal'nii Vostok Conclusion Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Index

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