Cold wars and proxy conflicts Books

Book SynopsisA complete history of Bomber Command, including its crucial role in WWII and later nuclear role in the Cold War.Trade Review'In this comprehensive and illustrated history, Gordon Wilson, a retired military and commercial pilot, explores the 'human face' of the organisation from its inception just prior to World War II until its final years during the Cold War.' -- Military History Matters, December 21/ January 2022'Overall this book is very well written and the author has the technical detail and knowledge as a former flyer, that has produced a really good read so compliments to the author and a book I would certainly recommend.' -- Ben Davidson Blog

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Book SynopsisThe T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armor protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. It pioneered a host of sophisticated new technologies including laminate armor, stereoscopic tank rangefinders, opposed-piston engines, smooth-bore tank guns with discarding sabot ammunition, and gun-fired guided projectiles. These impressive features meant that the Russians were loath to part with the secrets of the design, and the T-64 was the only Soviet tank type of the Cold War that was never exported. Written by an armor expert, this detailed technical history sheds light on the secrets behind the Cold War''s most controversial tank, revealing how its highly advanced technologies proved to be both a blessing and a curse.Table of ContentsIntroduction Design & Development Operational History Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the most dramatic bombers of its day, the Convair B-58 came to epitomise the Cold War power of Strategic Air Command. Introduced only 12 years after the sound barrier was first broken, this iconic plane became the first large long-range supersonic bomber to take to the skies, a feat which had seemed far-fetched only a few years previously. Outstripping its contemporaries in terms of speed, and agile enough to escape most interceptors, the B-58 was a remarkable feat of engineering, setting 19 world speed records and collecting a host of trophies. The first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 at 63,000 feet, it was able to evade hostile fighters and represented a serious threat to targets across the Soviet Bloc. Supported by contemporary first-hand accounts, photography, and full-colour illustrations, this study explores the history of this ground-breaking aircraft from its conception to its little-known testing for use in the Vietnam War.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Delta Design CHAPTER 2 Making it Work CHAPTER 3 Test and Development CHAPTER 4 In Flight CHAPTER 5 The Mission CHAPTER 6 Other Roles Appendices 1. B-58A physical and performance statistics 2. B-58A units, bases and dates 3. Notable flights and preserved examples Profile Captions

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Book SynopsisWhy would an American girl-child, born into a good, Irish-Catholic family in the thick of the McCarthy era – a girl who, when she came of age, entered a convent – morph into an atheist, feminist, and Marxist? The answer is in Helena Sheehan’s fascinating account of her journey from her 1940s and 1950s beginnings, into the turbulent 1960s, when the Vietnam War, black power, and women’s liberation rocked her bedrock assumptions and prompted a volley of life-upending questions – questions shared by millions of young people of her generation. But, for Helena Sheehan, the increasingly radicalized answers deepened through the following decades. Beginning by overturning such certainties as America-is-the-world’s-greatest-country and the-Church-is-infallible, Sheehan went on to embrace existentialism, philosophical pragmatism, the new left, and eventually Marxism. Migrating from the United States to Ireland, she became involved with Irish republicanism and international communism in the 1970s and 1980s. Sheehan’s narrative vividly captures the global sweep and contradictions of second-wave feminism, anti-war activism, national liberation movements, and international communism in Eastern and Western Europe – as well as the quieter intellectual ferment of individuals living through these times. Navigating the Zeitgeist is an eloquently articulated voyage from faith to enlightenment to historical materialism that informs as well as entertains. This is the story of a well-lived political and philosophical life, told by a woman who continues to interrogate her times.Trade Review“An uncompromisingly honest and utterly fascinating memoir from the drowned continent that was once western communism.” —Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums

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Book SynopsisBringing together noted scholars in the fields of literary, cultural, gender, and race studies, this edited volume challenges us to reconsider our understanding of the Cold War, revealing it to be a global phenomenon rather than just a binary conflict between U.S. and Soviet forces. Shining a spotlight on writers from the war's numerous fronts and applying lenses of race, gender, and decolonization, the essayists present several new angles from which to view the tense global showdown that lasted roughly a half-century. Ultimately, they reframe the Cold War not merely as a divide between the Soviet Union and the United States, but between nations rich and poor, and mostly white and mostly not. By emphasizing the global dimensions of the Cold War, this innovative collection reveals emergent forms of post-WWII empire that continue to shape our world today, thereby raising the question of whether the Cold War has ever fully ended.

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Book SynopsisThe generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war – there was never any declaration of war and there was no one single country to defeat. In fact, it was supposed to have been the end of a war, a time of peace and stability. Politicians started to use the term, Peace Dividend, with government officials even planning on how and where it should be spent. But for those in the military, the two decades following the end of the Cold War would not be a time of peace. Government spending and the size of the military was reduced but the Army's commitments increased exponentially. Those serving not only faced continuous deployment in overseas operations, they would also be involved in immense upheavals that took place within the army. When the Berlin Wall came down, the British Army had not changed for decades. The ending of the Cold War, combined with a technological revolution, a changing society at home, and new global threats mean that the Army of the second decade of the twentieth-first century – the army this generation of soldiers is now retiring from – is unrecognizable from the one they joined in the late 1980s. This is the story of the soldiers who served in the British Army in those tumultuous decades.Trade Review...a powerful, brutally honest, soldier’s account of the operational, societal and morale challenges faced by the British Army from the moment the Berlin Wall fell. * Military Historical Society Bulletin 11/05/2021 *…an enjoyable and well researched history. […] It is a must read for anyone with an interest in how the army has continued beyond 1991, and probably should be read by many of ARRSE's old and bold who are still stuck in the cold war. * Army Rumour Service 16/08/2021 *This is an absorbing analysis of what it was like to serve during the most intense series of operations since the Second World War. […] It is an insightful review fo the cultural shifts, the impact of almost continuous overseas deployment and the disruption created by ever-changing policies. * Soldier Magazine 11/05/2021 *Andrew Richards provides a thoroughly absorbing account made all the more interesting due to the wide-ranging contributions of men and women who were there, did the jobs, experienced the changes and often have the scars to prove it. An excellent read. * Love Reading 02/08/2021 *Table of Contents1. Growing up in Thatcher's Britain; 2. Tear Down the Wall; 3 Train hard, Fight easy; 4. The Short Peace; 5. The Peace Dividend and Options for Change; 6. Racism and the ECHR Ruling – No Option but Change; 7. The Balkans; 8. Model Military Intervention – Kosovo and Sierra Leone; 9. Women in the Army; 10. The Home Front; 11. Northern Ireland the Good Friday Agreement; 12. 9/11; 13. The invasion of Iraq; 14. Afghanistan; 15. Terrorism, Security, the Olympic Games and Royal Wootton Bassett; The Aftermath

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Book SynopsisAn engaging first-hand memoir of life in the Royal Navy during the Cold WarTony Beasley joined the Royal Navy as a teenager in 1946. This biography recalls the adventures he had during his time in the Navy, from training and specialisation as a telegraphist to being unexpectedly sent to work on submarines. He describes what it was like to work on a submarine during the Cold War, and describes the patrols and missions he was involved in, in particular when the submarine he was serving on was sent to the Barents Sea to undertake covert operations, namely to spy on the Soviet Fleet. Before this mission the crew of the submarine were advised that if anything went wrong it 'never happened'. Needless to say it did go wrong. Tony emerged a hero, but a hero who wasn't allowed to tell anyone where he had been or what he had done. Now in his eighties, Tony finally gets to tell his story.Trade Review...the whole book is a good read...a first class story, giving an excellent picture of the early post war navy and is well recommended. * Scuttlebutt *...his accounts of service in in frigates in the 1950s and ELINT training at HMS Mercury make good reading.. * Warships International *Memories of a life spent at sea are told with a refreshing mix of dark humour and brutal honesty. * Chichester Observer *If you are interested in the Royal Navy or even Cold War history, there is stuff here to help expand your knowledge. * War History Online *A controversial account of a Royal Navy submariners’ experiences, good and bad, in the Cold War. * Naval Review *...his accounts of service in in frigates in the 1950s and ELINT training at HMS Mercury make good reading.. * Navy News *Table of ContentsIntroduction Prologue Mum, what’s war? A boy sailor Early days at sea A life above water, not under it The art of radar; Run silent, run deep Sputnik; HMS Devonshire Applying for a war pension Epilogue Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThis book details the Soviet Military Liaison Mission (SMLM) in West Germany and the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) in East Germany as microcosms of the Cold War strategic intelligence and counterintelligence landscape. Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet and U.S. Military Liaison Missions are all but forgotten. Their operation was established by a post-WWII Allied occupation forces' agreement, and missions had relative freedom to travel and collect intelligence throughout East and West Germany from 1947 until 1990.This book addresses Cold War intelligence and counterintelligence in a manner that provides a broad historical perspective and then brings the reader to a never-before documented artifact of Cold War history. The book details the intelligence/counterintelligence dynamic that was among the most emblematic of the Cold War. Ultimately, the book addresses a saga that remains one of the true Cold War enigmas.Trade ReviewMeticulously researched and incisively written, Magee provides an unprecedented survey of the counterintelligence war between the US and the USSR from the strategic level down to the countrysides of West and East Germany where the MLMs operated. He uses never before seen information to objectively analyse how both sides operated and tried to thwart their opponent’s effort … The Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors is Cold War history at its best. * James Stejskal, author of Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite, 1956–1990 24/05/2021 *Table of ContentsPast is Prologue Introduction PART I: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION Chapter 1: The History of the Military Liaison Missions Chapter 2: The Evolution of the Military Liaison Mission Game PART II: THE WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS Chapter 3: The Strategic Wilderness of Mirrors Chapter 4: Opportunities Lost Prior to the Dark Era of Counterintelligence Chapter 5: The U.S. Military Liaison Mission Microcosm Chapter 6: Reflections in the Soviet Military Liaison Mission, Frankfurt Wilderness PART III: THE FINAL DECADE AND THE BATTLE THAT TIME FORGOT Chapter 7: The Rapid Maturation of Department of Defense Counterintelligence in Europe Chapter 8: The Final Reflection in the Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors Chapter 9: The Last Counterintelligence Battles of the Cold War Epilogue Appendix 1: Post-Cold War Revelations Appendix 2: The USMLM Legacy Appendix 3: The Huebner–Malinin Agreement Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms A Note on Sources Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor almost half a century, the hottest front in the Cold War was right across Berlin. From summer 1945 until 1990, the secret services of NATO and the Warsaw Pact fought an ongoing duel in the dark. Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides: Erich Mielke's Stasi and Reinhard Gehlen's Federal Intelligence Service, for example.The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage - the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. but the fundamentals had not changed: Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact which makes it all the more surprising that there are hardly any books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the spectacular successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.Trade ReviewA brilliant and totally authoritative account of espionage activities in the city that was at the centre of Cold War spying. Completely fascinating. * William Boyd, award-winning and best-selling author 04/08/2021 *Table of ContentsForeword SPY HUB BERLIN RESURRECTED FROM THE RUINS DIGGING FOR GOLD LICENCE TO SPY EARLY CONFRONTATION MIELKE'S MEN IN THE "ESPIONAGE JUNGLE" COLD WAR PRACTICE Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR - 'a dark remembrance of 1953, when nuclear annihilation was only the press of a button away'. January 1953. Eight years on from the most destructive conflict in human history, the Cold War enters its deadliest phase. An Iron Curtain has descended across Europe, and hostilities have turned hot on the Korean peninsula as the United States and Soviet Union clash in an intractable and bloody proxy war. Former wartime allies have grown far apart. An ageing Winston Churchill, back in Downing Street, yearns for peace with the Kremlin - but new American President Dwight Eisenhower cautions the West not to drop its guard. Joseph Stalin, implacable as ever, conducts vicious campaigns against imaginary internal enemies. Meanwhile, the pace of the nuclear arms race has become frenetic. The Soviet Union has finally tested its own atom bomb, as has Britain. But in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the United States has detonated its first thermonuclear device, dwarfing the destruction unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For the first time, the Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to midnight, with the risk of a man-made global apocalypse increasingly likely. As the Cold War powers square up, every city has become a potential battleground and every citizen a target. 1953 is set to be a year of living dangerously.

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Book SynopsisJudi’s parents were on a mission to remake the world. These were the Cold War years of the 1950s and ‘60s, following a catastrophic world war and the breaking up of colonial empires. The couple had joined many others in giving up conventional careers and family life to work for Moral Re-Armament (MRA), an extensive global movement in its hey-day. Their life goal was to build a ‘hate-free, fear-free, greed-free world’. Between the ages of four and twelve Judi stayed in a series of shared homes and boarding schools while her parents travelled. Uncertain where she belonged, she dreaded being asked what her father did or where she lived, becoming anxious and guarded, almost to breaking point. The author interweaves her unusual childhood memoir with her parents’ parallel story, pieced together from contemporary archives and accounts. She offers a unique insight into the work of the controversial MRA movement, encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions. Judi Conner’s book propels readers back to the mid-20th century era when a war of ideas raged, a new world order was being fought over and high ideals came at a price.

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Book Synopsis Countless studies have assessed the dramatic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, but their analysis of the impact on European communism has focused overwhelmingly on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations. This ambitious collection takes a much broader view, reconstructing and evaluating the historical trajectories of glasnost and perestroika on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Moving beyond domestic politics and foreign relations narrowly defined, the research gathered here constitutes a transnational survey of these reforms’ collective impact, showing how they were variably received and implemented, and how they shaped the prospects for “proletarian internationalism” in diverse political contexts.Trade Review “Written by well-known historians and political scientists, the book addresses an underexplored topic in detail and therefore will be of interest to specialists of communism, party politics, and the political Left in Europe.” • Choice “…a generally strong…and substantial collective contribution to the historiography of Communism.” • H-Diplo “Perestroika and the Party gives a comprehensive look at how different national parties reacted to Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of reform. Its case studies are fascinatingly detailed and make useful additions to the larger historical literature.” • Edward Cohn, Grinnell CollegeTable of Contents Introduction: Perestroika or about the Demise of the Communist World? Francesco Di Palma PART I: EASTERN EUROPE Chapter 1. The Impact of Perestroika and Glasnost on the CPSU's Stance toward the “Fraternal Parties” in the Eastern Bloc Peter Ruggenthaler Chapter 2. Soviet Society, Perestroika, and the End of the USSR Mark Kramer Chapter 3. Perestroika Made in Hungary? The HSWP’s Approach to the Soviet Reform of the Late-1980s Tamás Péter Baranyi Chapter 4. Yugoslavia and Perestroika 1985-1991: Between Hope and Disappointment Petar Dragišić Chapter 5. The Polish United Workers Party and Perestroika Wanda Jarząbek Chapter 6. SED and Perestroika: Perceptions and Reactions Hermann Wentker Chapter 7. Between External Constraint and Internal Crackdown: Romania’s Non-Reaction to Soviet Perestroika Stefano Bottoni PART II: WESTERN EUROPE Chapter 8. Parallel Destinies: The Italian Communist Party and Perestroika Aldo Agosti Chapter 9. “I felt as if I was faced with a French Honecker”: The French Communist Party Confronted with a World that was Falling Apart (1985-1991) Dominique Andolfatto Chapter 10. A Dialogue of the Deaf: The CPGB and the SED during the Gorbachev Era (1985-1990) Stefan Berger and Norman LaPorte Chapter 11. Premature Perestroika: The Dutch Communist Party and Gorbachev Gerrit Voerman Chapter 12. The Perestroika and the Greek Left Andreas Stergiou Chapter 13. The Austrian Communists and Perestroika Maximilian Graf Chapter 14. The Spanish Communist Party and Perestroika Walther L. Bernecker Afterword: Gorbachev and the End of International Communism Silvio Pons Index

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Book SynopsisBlue-Collar Empire tells the shocking story of the AFL-CIO’s global anticommunist crusade—and its devastating consequences for workers around the world.Unions have the power not only to secure pay raises and employee benefits but to bring economies to a screeching halt and overthrow governments. Recognizing this, in the late twentieth century, the US government sought to control labor movements abroad as part of the Cold War contest for worldwide supremacy. In this work, Washington found an enthusiastic partner in the AFL-CIO’s anticommunist officials, who, in a shocking betrayal, for decades expended their energies to block revolutionary ideologies and militant class consciousness from taking hold in the workers’ movements of Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

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Book SynopsisAn insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than 'soft' power and its contested role in Australia's Indo-Pacific regional statecraft. This book re-appraises the concept and utility of state-funded, multi-platform international broadcasting as an instrument of statecraft, which offers cultural representation with the political purpose of contesting relations of power. This at a time when issues of transnational media, the credibility of news and the perils of disinformation and information warfare, figure worryingly in public discourse. The book reflects the perspective of middle power Australia, the circumstances and options of which differ from a great power. It dissects and evaluates the political purpose and efficacy of international broadcasting, its means as an instrument of inter-cultural communication and the variables that enable or impede its effectiveness. The author draws both on extensive scholarly research and his extensive professional experience in journalism, international broadcasting and media management in Australia and internationally. Heriot proposes a model for the strategic analysis, application, organisational design and operation of multi-platform international broadcasting. Necessarily, the model is informed by an analysis that situates international broadcasting in relation to contemporary theories of soft/hard/smart power projection and inter-cultural communication. He applies the model to the contentious political history and performance of Australia's international broadcaster, Radio Australia, during the late Cold War decades of the twentieth century and asserts the relevance of this approach to an increasingly media-dense - though asymmetric - international environment. The model eschews general or coded descriptions of purpose and identifies six specific functions appropriate to the circumstances and imperatives of Australia as a resident power in the Indo-Pacific region. The flawed success of Radio Australia during the later years of the Cold War arose from the interaction of a broad range of external and internal variables to which it was exposed. These included geostrategic and national political factors; the formal prerogatives and constraints of the broadcaster's mandate in pursuing defined objectives; institutional relationships across government; Radio Australia's programming or editorial outlook, which determined information agendas and framed the coverage of issues; the production norms and socio-linguistic processes involved with inter-cultural communication; resource constraints and the effect of work design on the character and performance of the broadcaster; and the management of professional and cultural biases (including boundary work demarcations and in-group/out-group rivalry). This book offers an insightful reappraisal of international broadcasting as discursive rather than 'soft' power in service of democratic statecraft. This at a time when issues of transnational media, the credibility of news and the perils of disinformation and information warfare, figure worryingly in public discourse. Reflecting the perspective of middle power Australia, author Geoff Heriot locates the strategic utility of multi-platform international broadcasting with reference to contemporary theories of soft/hard/smart power projection and inter-cultural communication. He applies a fresh model of strategic analysis to the political history of Radio Australia, examining the various external and internal variables that resulted in its flawed success in political communication during the late Cold War period.Trade Review"Combining his top-notch scholarship and personal experience, Geoff Heriot has created an insightful multidisciplinary account of the rise and fall of Australian international broadcasting. Heriot deftly blends theoretical insights from international relations and communication with history to explore Radio Australia's contribution to its country's foreign policy. This is an important addition to the literature on Australia's foreign relations and middle power foreign policy, as well as international radio, and public diplomacy" - Nicholas J. Cull, author, Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age. "This valuable and original book deftly combines attention to soft power and its limits as a tool of analysis with deep knowledge of international broadcasting, especially giving fascinating insights into the history of Radio Australia" - Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. "International Broadcasting and its Contested Role in Australian Statecraftexamines a national broadcaster's influence on overseas audience. Identifying variables hampering international broadcasting, it assays the instrumental efficacy of broadcasting practice. Multiple sub-focuses, interdisciplinarity, readability and scholarship will be appreciated by researchers, course convenors and students of media and international communication" - Naren Chitty AM, Professor Emeritus, Inaugural Director, Soft Power Analysis and Resource Centre, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University.Table of ContentsForeword - Professor Geoffrey Wiseman, DePaul University, Chicago; 1: Introduction; 2: Media and the Contest of Ideas; 3: International Broadcasting and Its Discursive Properties; 4: Mobilizing 'Softer' Power in a Hard World; 5: State Interests, National Evolution; 6: Framework of Functions and Performance; 7: The ABC - Generation Next; 8: Policy, Priorities and Qualified Independence; 9: Engaging with Audiences; 10: Indonesia, the Crucible; 11: Strategic Contingency and Chaos; 12: In the New Disorder.

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Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the history of early spaceflight and asks how American gender culture shaped the public image of the American astronaut and spaceflight technology during some of the tensest years of the Cold War era. While historians have pieced together the story of American women's fight for spaceflight, this work adds to the narrative by analyzing masculinity and the astronaut image by focusing on how that image came to terms with a perceived Cold War masculinity crisis. The astronaut image was informed by Cold War ideals of fixed gender binaries, specifically, the masculine ideal of control over technology. The American astronaut performed masculinity in space through his control of the space capsule. This emphasis on astronaut control helped mold a distinctly American (anti-communist) masculinity that appearedon the surface anywayto resolve not only an American masculinity crisis but helped win the Cold War on an ideological and popular level.The book begins by establishing a postWorld War II masculinity crisis dialogue. For instance, Americans saw communism, conformity, feminism, homosexuality, automation, minority rights, and the dreaded organization man as threats to masculinity. Drawing upon this scholarship, this book explores how this dialogue played out within the spaceflight public discourse from 1957 through 1983a time when cosmic conquest was integral to America's success in maintaining domestic security and morale while securing victory in the international conflict with the Soviets. Using primary sources from the public record, such as newspapers, magazines, media, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Congress, speeches, the astronaut's stories, and intellectual works, the book states that the American public discourse constructed the astronaut as an archetype of American masculinity through the spaceman's ability to control spaceflight technology. The assumption that the astronaut could fly the capsule insinuated an American masculinity of individualism apart from Soviet conformity. The American accentuation of pilot control continued from Project Mercury through Project Apollo, but it often clashed with computer control, space accidents, the scientist-astronaut, and mission control. These conflicts led the astronaut image to be refashioned into that of Michael Kimmel's democratic manhooda masculinity that encompassed the self-made man and the team player. Democratic manhood still centered on masculine control, either men as individuals or men working in teams. The moon landing symbolized that through astronaut control of technology, Americans had conquered space. Women and people of color were left out of this dialogue of technological control but played important roles as passive actors with technology. Control meant a white masculine performance with spaceflight technology. Running parallel to this need to create a fixed masculinity, women fought for their chance for spaceflight, while African Americans and Hispanics were largely feminized as non-technological users. With the 1969 moon conquest, the domestication of spaceflight quickly followed with the space shuttle taxis thatfor a short period anywaydemonstrated the safety of spaceflight. The book concludes that within this domesticated spaceflight framework, diverse women at NASAboth astronauts and staffchallenged fixed gender roles by proving themselves courageous, individual professionals in what by 1986 became the dangerous business of spaceflight.

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Book SynopsisStalin, to borrow Churchill’s phrase, is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. There are still heated arguments about how precisely we should judge the Georgian student priest who grew up to be one of the 20th century’s most notorious mass-murderers. This owes much to the enormity of the crimes, as Claire Shaw says in this short but chilling book about the man and the political system that developed under his rule: Stalinism. (Very few political regimes have been personalised in such a way Nazism does not bear the name of Hitler, for example). What visions underpinned his actions? What mechanisms enabled him to commit his crimes? Why did nobody stop him? Within Stalin’s lifetime, Russia and her neighbours endured a series of violent revolutions, two world wars, the forced collectivisation of agriculture, a major industrialisation drive, and the violent cataclysms of the Purges. A vast social experiment was launched radically to remake the nature of human society on the basis of equality and the redistribution of wealth; its implementation resulted in a violent and coercive regime that had little respect for human life or the natural world. But it is too easy to dismiss Stalin simply as a monster. Too easy and wrong. What is most chilling about Stalin, as this book shows, is that he was all too human. 

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Book SynopsisIn 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Even so, Luce had articulated an animating idea that, as William O. Walker III skillfully shows in The Rise and Decline of the American Century, would guide United States foreign policy through the years of hot and cold war.The American Century was, Walker argues, the counter-balance to defensive war during World War II and the containment of communism during the Cold War. American policymakers pursued an aggressive agenda to extend U.S. influence around the globe through control of economic markets, reliance on nation-building, and, where necessary, provision of arms to allied forces. This positive program for the expansion of American power, Walker deftly demonstrates, came in for widespread criticism by the late 1950s. A changing world, epitomized by the nonaligned movTrade ReviewAn impressively detailed account of U.S. foreign policy in the early postwar decades. * Foreign Affairs *Walker's book is meticulously researched, packed with authoritative knowledge steeped in archival research and deep appreciation for how the world looks from Washington, D.C., conditioned by recent historical work providing agency to the non-West. * The Journal of American History *In this lucid and persuasive work... [William O. Walker] provides a thought-provoking and original prism through which to view this pivotal period. * Diplomatic History *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Henry R. Luce and the Security Ethos Part 1: The Rise of the American Century 1. Pursuing Hegemony 2. Protecting the Free World 3. Seeking Order and Stability 4. Sustaining Leadership Part 2: The Decline of the American Century 5. Bearing Burdens 6. Contending with Decline 7. Attaining Primacy Conclusion: An Improbable Quest Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Spain to Syria, the thrilling, untold history of Nazi fugitives turned postwar agents—for America, the Soviets, the Third World, or themselves. After the Second World War, the Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals “to the ends of the earth.” Yet many slipped away—or were shielded by the West, in exchange for cooperation in the unfolding confrontation with Communism. Reinhard Gehlen, founder of West German foreign intelligence, welcomed SS operatives into the fold, overestimating their supposed capabilities. This shortsighted decision nearly brought down his cherished service, as the KGB found his Nazi operatives easy to turn or expose. However, Gehlen was hardly alone in this cynical strategy; the American, Soviet, French and Israeli secret services—and nationalist organisations and independence movements—all used former Nazi operatives in the early Cold War. Nazi fugitives became freelance arms traffickers, spies, and assassins, playing crucial roles in the clandestine contest between the superpowers. From posh German restaurants, smuggler-infested Yugoslav ports, and fascist holdouts in Franco’s Spain to Damascene safehouses and Egyptian country clubs, these spies created a busy network of influence and information, a uniquely combustible ingredient in the covert struggles of the postwar decades. Unearthing newly declassified revelations from Mossad and other archives, historian Danny Orbach reveals this long-forgotten arena of the Cold War, and its colourful cast of characters. Shrouded in official secrecy, clouded by myth and propaganda, the extraordinary tale of these Nazi agents has never been properly told—until now.Trade Review‘[A] highly intriguing book … Fugitives is genuinely revelatory and Orbach’s research is impressive and scholarly. More to the point, the many fascinating narratives he relates here could easily provide the raw material for a dozen espionage novels. I have a feeling a lot of writers will be inspired.’ -- William Boyd, New Statesman'The tales Orbach tells could fit into a peculiarly cynical 1970s spy novel, and it can read like one too. [Fugitives] is a murky saga of espionage, paranoia, and betrayal.' -- The American Spectator

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Book SynopsisFounded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became one of the most successful public information operations conducted against the Soviet Bloc. Cold War on the Airwaves examines the Berlin-based organization's history and influence on the political worldview of the people--and government--on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Nicholas J. Schlosser draws on broadcast transcripts, internal memoranda, listener letters, and surveys by the U.S. Information Agency to profile RIAS. Its mission: to undermine the German Democratic Republic with propaganda that, ironically, gained in potency by obeying the rules of objective journalism. Throughout, Schlosser examines the friction inherent in such a contradictory project and propaganda's role in shaping political culture. He also portrays how RIAS's primarily German staff influenced its outlook and how the organization both competed against its rivals in the GDR and pushed communisTrade Review"Extensively annotated and superbly researched. . . . Schlosser has made an important contribution to the field of radio study by creating a tremendous "first stop" for researchers with an interest in the topic."--American Journalism "This is the type of study propaganda historians have been waiting for. Schlosser writes a compelling narrative of one of the Cold War's most influential broadcasting stations. With a big budget, a large staff of experienced journalists, and a huge audience, Radio in the American Sector, located in Berlin, lay at the epicenter of the ideological war between East and West. By carefully assessing the impact, content, context, and meaning of the influential Radio in the American Sector, Schlosser provides analytical precision and rich documentary evidence to support his contention that RIAS was a key political actor in East and West Germany alike. Situating the RIAS story in the maelstrom of postwar German politics, Schlosser connects his story to some of the most important--and dangerous--developments of the Cold War. Scholars and general readers interested in German history, journalism, propaganda, and international relations will find this book rewarding and provocative."--Kenneth Osgood, author of Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad"There is much to learn and possibly relearn in this new addition to the literature of Cold War-era propaganda studies…This intriguing case study, a microhistory of the Cold War tensions that plagued Berlin, reminds readers that this fractured city remained the epicenter of an enduring global conflict that lasted for decades. Highly recommended"--Choice"Schlosser's ability to examine the propaganda wars of the Cold War as a three-way conversation between RIAS, the East German regime, and its people represents an impressive achievement in the study of political culture and public diplomacy."--H-Net"This book is a little gem. With meticulous research, Nicholas Schlosser has recreated a fascinating slice of Cold War history: the struggle for the airwaves of Berlin undertaken by the American-funded station known as Radio in the American Sector. Key episodes include the Berlin Airlift, the role of the station in the East German Rising of 1953, and its coverage of the building of the Berlin Wall. This is a valuable addition to modern German history, U.S. propaganda history, international broadcasting studies, and the scholarship of the Cold War."--Nicholas J. Cull, author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency, 1945–1989

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Book SynopsisWhere did the Berlin Wall actually stand? Why was it built? How did people keep managing to escape across it? And how many died in the attempt? Why did it come down in the end? Numerous previously unknown photographs document the construction of this barrier system of barbed wire, alarm fences and concrete. Spectacular escape stories and shocking deaths are chronicled here in words and images, as are the dramatic events surrounding the construction and the fall of the Wall. A stunning survey of the Berlin Wall - the central symbol of the Cold War.

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Book SynopsisBy the late 1960s, West Germany and Israel were moving in almost opposite diplomatic directions in a political environment dominated by the Cold War. The Federal Republic launched ambitious policies to reconcile with its Iron Curtain neighbors, expand its influence in the Arab world, and promote West European interests vis-à-vis the United States. By contrast, Israel, unable to obtain peace with the Arabs after its 1967 military victory and threatened by Palestinian terrorism, became increasingly dependent upon the United States, estranged from the USSR and Western Europe, and isolated from the Third World. Nonetheless, the two countries remained connected by shared security concerns, personal bonds, and recurrent evocations of the German-Jewish past. Drawing upon newly-available sources covering the first decade of the countries'' formal diplomatic ties, Carole Fink reveals the underlying issues that shaped these two countries'' fraught relationship and sets their foreign and domesticTrade Review'Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V. R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany'A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900'Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman'In this highly readable study of the first decade of West German-Israeli diplomatic ties, Carole Fink teases out the intricacies of a relationship constantly beleaguered by its historical burdens and domestic and international political tensions. … This book is nuanced, but lively. It is thoroughly researched but also an informative introduction to this too frequently sidelined story …' Nick Ostrum, EuropeNow'Displaying an intimate knowledge of various mutual contacts, [Fink's] account draws on an impressive array of primary sources, notably archival material from six countries.' Andrea Wiegeshoff, German Studies Review'Fink's study should become the standard work on this era in Israeli-West German relations. It is a pleasure to read and skilfully integrates international and domestic politics based on a very broad range of archival sources.' Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., German History'The author, a renowned historian who retired from Ohio State University in 2011, offers us a thorough exploration of the challenging decade following the formal establishment of Israeli-German relations.' Gisela Dachs, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs'My one complaint about Fink's book is that it should have been longer … but wishing a book longer is of course a compliment - one this work richly deserves.' David Clay Large, The American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of figures and maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; A note on usage; List of abbreviations; 1. Prologue: distant states - West Germany and Israel, 1952–65; 2. The shock of recognition: 1965–66; 3. Upheaval; 4. 1968; 5. Changes in leadership: 1969; 6. Ostpolitik; 7. 1971: a dense political web; 8. The year of Munich; 9. Annus Terribilis; 10. Finale: Exeunt Meir and Brandt; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. This book offers a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union and China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots.

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Book SynopsisFrom Aristophanes' Lysistrata to the notorious Mata Hari and the legendary Tokyo Rose, stories of female betrayal during wartime have recurred throughout human history. The myth of Hanoi Jane, Jerry Lembcke argues, is simply the latest variation on this enduring theme. Like most of the iconic femmes fatales who came before, it is based on a real person, Jane Fonda. And also like its predecessors, it combines traces of fact with heavy doses of fiction to create a potent symbol of feminine perfidy--part erotic warrior-woman Barbarella, part savvy anti-war activist, and part powerful entrepreneur. Hanoi Jane, the book, deconstructs Hanoi Jane, the myth, to locate its origins in the need of Americans to explain defeat in Vietnam through fantasies of home-front betrayal and the masculation of the national will-to-war. Lembcke shows that the expression "Hanoi Jane" did not reach the eyes and ears of most Americans until five or six years after the end of the war in Vietnam. By then, anxieties about America's declining global status and deteriorating economy were fuelling a populist reaction that pointed to the loss of the war as the taproot of those problems. Blaming the anti-war movement for undermining the military's resolve, many found in the imaginary Hanoi Jane the personification of their stab-in-the back theories. Ground zero of the myth was the city of Hanoi itself, which Jane Fonda had visited as a peace activist in July 1972. Rumours surrounding Fonda's visits with U.S. POWs and radio broadcasts to troops combined to conjure allegations of treason that had cost American lives. That such tales were more imagined than real did not prevent them from insinuating themselves into public memory, where they have continued to infect American politics and culture. Hanoi Jane is a book about the making of Hanoi Jane by those who saw a formidable threat in the Jane Fonda who supported soldiers and veterans opposed to the war they fought, in the postcolonial struggle of the Vietnamese people to make their own future, and in the movements of women everywhere for gender equality.

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Book SynopsisBased on original and previously unavailable documents, Yuri Kostenko’s account of the negotiations surrounding the Budapest Memorandum agreement between Ukraine, Russia, and the US reveals for the first time the internal debates of the Ukrainian government, as well as the pressure exerted upon it by its international partners.Trade ReviewA really, really interesting story, almost unknown in the West…Nuclear weapons were Ukraine’s security, and they gave it up because the US and Russia were working together…What has happened to Ukraine since it was disarmed has and will have a negative impact on the global story of denuclearization. Countries are going to think twice next time someone comes along proposing to give them a piece of paper in exchange for their nuclear weapons. -- Serhii Plokhy * Five Books *An interesting and timely document that will be of great interest not only to Ukraine scholars but also to the scholars of national security and global nuclear politics. -- Eglė Rindzevičiūtė * Slavic Review *An absorbing read, providing historical insights on the demise of the Soviet Union, the emergence of independent Ukraine, the management of its relations with Moscow and the West, and challenges and pitfalls of diplomacy from a position of weakness. It contains important lessons for the management of today’s proliferation challenges in North East Asia and the Middle East. -- John Tilemann * Australian Outlook *A story of David (new-born Ukraine) versus Goliath (Russia), with a fierce domestic debate in the political sphere in Ukraine—less so in the societal sphere—between actors with different beliefs and interests…Crucial in light of the current happenings, already at the beginning of the 1990s one could discern indications that it was extremely important to Russia that Ukraine would remain within its sphere of influence. -- Tom Sauer * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Revealing…Drawing on the parliamentary and executive government portfolios that Kostenko held during the 1990s, the book lays out a picture of the intense domestic and international political struggles that prompted Kiev to give up the bomb that some Ukrainians today wistfully believe could have deterred Russia from gobbling up Crimea while fomenting separatism in the country’s east. -- Bennett Ramberg * Political Science Quarterly *Yuri Kostenko has written a superb book explaining why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in the mid-1990s, leaving itself without a deterrent against Russia. He shows in fascinating detail that pressure from Moscow and Washington left Ukraine with little choice but to surrender its nuclear arsenal. Kostenko directly ties that fateful decision to the war that broke out between Russia and Ukraine in 2014, in which Ukraine was largely defenseless and the United States, which had promised to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty, sat on the sidelines. The implicit message of Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament is clear: there is no substitute for a nuclear deterrent when you live in a dangerous neighborhood. -- John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago, and author of Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International RealitiesYuri Kostenko’s rich, cogent, and well-sourced insider account of Ukraine giving up the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal in the 1990s shows how power asymmetries and state-building affect international political outcomes in nontrivial and counterintuitive ways—with the security dilemma engendering hasty unilateral disarmament; costly commitments demanded from weaker rather than stronger states; and democratic peace falling short of its promises even with the endorsement of the world’s most powerful democracies. A must-read for students of international politics, the book explains how authoritarian adversaries can leverage America’s security concerns of the day to subvert fledgling democracies and why support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and integration with the West is in America’s vital long-term national interest. -- Mikhail Alexseev, Professor in the Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, and author of Without Warning: Threat Assessment, Intelligence, and Global StruggleUkraine’s Nuclear Disarmament is the definitive account of the fateful decision to unilaterally dismantle the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal. Yuri Kostenko was the consummate insider, with privileged access to the actors and arguments that led to a decision whose legacy continues to haunt Ukraine’s future. Not only does he produce a wealth of new material, some previously classified; he disposes of the myth that the opponents of this decision wished to maintain Ukraine’s nuclear status. Until now, the straw man of ‘nuclear-armed Ukraine’ has impeded critical thought about whether more could have been done to ensure ‘effective disarmament.’ Kostenko’s detailed and engrossing account will enlighten and disquiet in equal measure. -- James Sherr, Senior Fellow, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Security, and Associate Fellow, Chatham House Russia and Eurasia ProgrammeEven readers who believe that Ukraine never had a realistic chance—technically or politically—of emerging as a full-fledged nuclear weapons state in the 1990s will find Yuri Kostenko’s book extremely illuminating. Having served as Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection and a member of the Ukrainian parliament during the protracted debates on the nuclear issue, Kostenko provides a richly detailed insider’s account that underscores the importance of political divisions within Ukraine in shaping the outcome. These divisions, he contends, gave greater leverage to external actors and prevented Ukraine from pursuing the kind of deal he favored: a deal that would have given Ukraine more robust security guarantees and greater financial compensation in exchange for relinquishing all the nuclear missiles left on its territory after the demise of the Soviet Union. -- Mark Kramer, Director of Cold War Studies, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisHow the approaches and methods of think tanks—including systems theory, operational research, and cybernetics—paved the way for a peculiar genre of midcentury modernism.In Think Tank Aesthetics, Pamela Lee traces the complex encounters between Cold War think tanks and the art of that era. Lee shows how the approaches and methods of think tanks—including systems theory, operations research, and cybernetics—paved the way for a peculiar genre of midcentury modernism and set the terms for contemporary neoliberalism. Lee casts these shadowy institutions as sites of radical creativity and interdisciplinary practice in the service of defense strategy. Describing the distinctive aesthetics that emerged from such institutions as the RAND Corporation, she maps the multiple and overlapping networks that connected nuclear strategists, mathematicians, economists, anthropologists, artists, designers, and art historians.Lee recounts, among other things,

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Book Synopsis*A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history*Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC seriesTrade ReviewAn excellent one-volume history of forty-five years of superpower rivalry * GUARDIAN *

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Book SynopsisA fascinating insight into Berlin in a key period of the Cold War.

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Book SynopsisIn Cold War Freud Dagmar Herzog uncovers the astonishing array of concepts of human selfhood which circulated across the globe in the aftermath of World War II. Against the backdrop of Nazism and the Holocaust, the sexual revolution, feminism, gay rights, and anticolonial and antiwar activism, she charts the heated battles which raged over Freud's legacy. From the postwar US to Europe and Latin America, she reveals how competing theories of desire, anxiety, aggression, guilt, trauma and pleasure emerged and were then transformed to serve both conservative and subversive ends in a fundamental rethinking of the very nature of the human self and its motivations. Her findings shed new light on psychoanalysis' enduring contribution to the enigma of the relationship between nature and culture, and the ways in which social contexts enter into and shape the innermost recesses of individual psyches.Trade Review'This is surely a history of the Cold War world as we did not know it, in which psychoanalytic conformists and rebels flex their way through the controversies of the era - Auschwitz, My Lai, student protests, postcolonial insurgencies, the culture of narcissism. Partly about the collapse of psychoanalysis in its bid to be the regulating body for Christian American normalcy, it is even more so the story of psychoanalysis resurgent and radical. Fiercely relevant.' Matt Ffytche, author of The Foundation of the Unconscious'A fascinating and impeccably researched history of post-World War II psychoanalysis as a highly charged field of intellectual combat. Herzog shows how in complex and often surprising ways, the legacy of Freud configured debates over hetero- and homosexuality, politics, Nazism, PTSD, and even religion. Passionately argued and lucidly written, she has given us an account of psychoanalysis for the twenty-first century.' Anson Rabinbach, author of In the Shadow of Catastrophe'In this brilliant book, Herzog explores the relationship between politics and psychoanalysis in the aftermath of World War Two. As she convincingly shows, psychoanalysts were deeply engaged with their contexts and they revised their theories to better understand how desire, violence, and power interacted. This will change the way we think not only about psychoanalysis but also about the Cold War.' Camille Robcis, author of The Law of Kinship'In this illuminating work, Dagmar Herzog explores post-War psychoanalysis, rescuing often neglected or glibly marginalized figures and placing them firmly at the center of debates that took place in the sombre decades that followed the Holocaust over the nature of self, sexuality, cruelty, and political life. A ground-breaking study.' George Makari, author of Soul Machine and Revolution in Mind'In her scintillating new book, Dagmar Herzog shows that in the years between World War Two and the 1960s, Freud almost replaced Marx as the cornerstone of radical thought. The result is a new way of thinking about the Cold War - and about our own time as well.' Eli Zaretsky, author of Political Freud'Dagmar Herzog takes us on an illuminating tour through postwar landscapes of the mind, and into the fields of desire, pleasure, guilt, anxiety, and aggression. This is a finely measured and surprising survey, as well as a strong argument for exploring psychoanalytic ideas historically. Her book deserves a wide readership.' Daniel Pick, author of Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction'Against the backdrop of Nazis and the Holocaust, the sexual revolution, feminism, gay rights and anti-colonial and anti-war activism, Dagmar charts the heated battle over the late Austrian Jewish founder of psychoanalysis.' Jewish Telegraph'Herzog shows with telling detail how the variety of psychoanalysis that was developed in the US after the second world war had little in common with Freud's initial project. … Herzog brings fascinating documents to bear to show how US psychoanalysts formed alliances with Christian clergy who themselves wanted treatment. … Like an anthropologist engaged in fieldwork, Herzog moves from site to site to give us a textured understanding of complex historical matter.' Lisa Appignanesi, The Guardian'Herzog's account treats the Cold War less as a specific struggle between America and the USSR, and more as the setting for a broad range of political and cultural forces that swept up and transformed psychoanalysis.' Warren Breckman, New Republic'This is a brilliant, ambitious, passionate book … a scintillating and thought-provoking work of intellectual history, a rich, sophisticated, and exciting analysis of ideas in historical context. It is an important book and will be productive for Herzog's readers both for its empirical and for its theoretical contribution.' Edward Ross Dickinson, Journal of the History of Sexuality'… Herzog succeeds in defending the Freudian tradition. Not, to be sure, as a single, commanding paradigm, as insiders like Kubie and Rangell once believed, but as a worthy interlocutor and critic of contemporary psychiatry, especially its view of mental health and personality 'as a matter mostly of chemical reactions and/or encoding in the genes'.' George Reisch, Metascience'In this wonderfully researched and elegantly argued contribution to the history of psychoanalytic thought, Herzog … offers an account of Freudianism in the decades following World War II that will alter the direction of much historicism pertaining to the upheavals in ideology and activism for which, for example, the decade of the 1960s is renowned. Herzog shows the struggles over key dimensions of Freudian thought as they unfold internationally, against the background of social movements such as feminism, anti-colonialism, and gay rights, paying attention to the impact of Nazism, the intractability of homophobia, and Oedipal authority. Particularly noteworthy is a chapter on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as its diagnosis, etiology, and treatment were shaped and unshaped in the aftermath of the 20th-century's greatest trauma, the Holocaust. The book provides new angles on key figures in Freudian and anti-Freudian philosophy, including Karen Horney, Karl Menninger, Herbert Marcu'Herzog shows convincingly that without the pressures exerted by the world beyond the consulting room, psychoanalysis would have withered away in irrelevance. No one has shown more forcefully than Herzog that the recurrently staged 'mutual rescue operation[s] of psychoanalysis and politics' secured the discipline's future.' Elizabeth Lunbeck, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Leaving the World Outside: 1. The libido wars; 2. Homophobia's durability and the reinvention of psychoanalysis; Part II. Nazism's Legacies: 3. Post-Holocaust antisemitism and the ascent of PTSD; 4. The struggle between Eros and death; Part III. Radical Freud: 5. Exploding Oedipus; 6. Ethnopsychoanalysis in the era of decolonization; Afterword; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of scholarly and critical essays about the legal aspects of the Vietnam War explores various crimes committed by the United States against North Vietnam: war of aggression; war crimes in bombing civilian targets such as schools and hospitals, and using napalm, cluster bombs, and Agent Orange; crimes against humanity in moving large parts of the population to so-called strategic hamlets; and alleged genocide and ecocide. International lawyer Richard Falk, who observed these acts personally in North Vietnam in 1968, uses international law to show how they came about. This book brings together essays that he has written on the Vietnam War and on its relationship to international law, American foreign policy, and the global world order. Falk argues that only a stronger adherence to international law can save the world from such future tragedies and create a sustainable world order.Trade Review'The US wars in Indochina were an unspeakable horror. Throughout these terrible years, Richard Falk's voice made a unique contribution to understanding, combining meticulous legal and historical scholarship with acute insight and penetrating analysis, and not least, compassion for the victims and dedication to finding a peaceful and just resolution. The relevance of these essays extends far beyond the Indochina wars, and has only increased over the years as similar quandaries and concerns arise, to the present moment. They merit careful study and serious reflection.' Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'During the Vietnam War, Richard Falk was a prolific writer and commentator on the international law aspects of the conflict. He gave his own analysis and collected and edited the views of others. He covered the background of the Nuremberg trials, the aggression and self-defense dimension of the divided Vietnam, the issue of war crimes, and the US incursion into Cambodia, and he thereby informed a young, curious generation of the legal arguments involved. In the process, Richard Falk introduced the environmental perspective which, in 1977, was to become part of the law of armed conflict. In this volume we have a great collection of his articles and comments.' Ove Bring, Professor Emeritus of the University of Stockholm and the Swedish Defence University'For six decades, Richard Falk has been one of the academy's leading authorities in the fields of both international law and international relations while at the same time standing as one of the world's most notable public intellectuals. This volume not only provides an easily accessible assemblage of some of Professor Falk's most important works on the Vietnam war, but it provides real time insight into the development of international legal thought during the formative years of the Cold War international system. From Falk's discussion of the legal implications of the contrived claims regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the false declarations regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the reader is struck by the continuing relevance of Professor Falk's analysis and insights to the issues of our day.' Andrew L. Strauss, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law'Stefan Andersson's edited volume on Richard Falk's seminal writings on the Vietnam War and international law has placed us all under an enormous debt as we hear the drumbeats of a new global triumphalism. Richard Falk's hope that we may learn some crucial lessons from impunity and illegality of the cruelly prolonged Vietnam War is most pressingly relevant now.' Upendra Baxi, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick'Richard Falk, one of the most prominent living academics in the field of international law, has been an insightful critic of the US war in Vietnam. For those who were caught up the Vietnam War, this book offers a ray of hope that the atrocities of that war will not be forgotten and its lessons will be learned by new generations. If we are to have a future free of war, we must recognize illegality in warfare when it occurs, and new generations must learn to respect international law, particularly the criminal accountability for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity set forth in the Nuremberg Principles and the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court. I hope this book will be widely read throughout the world and certainly by citizens and leaders who have responsibility for decisions to use military force and for the conduct of wars.' David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace FoundationTable of ContentsForeword: the harmful legacy of lawlessness in Vietnam Richard Falk; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The US Role in Vietnam and International Law: 1. A Vietnam settlement: the view from Hanoi; 2. US in Vietnam: rationale and law; 3. International law and the United States role in the Vietnam War; 4. International law and the United States role in Vietnam: A Response to Professor Moore; 5. The six legal dimensions of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War; Part II. War and War Crimes: 6. Appropriating Tet; 7. Son My: war crimes and individual responsibility; 8. The Cambodian Operation and international law; Part III. The Vietnam War and the Nuremberg Principles: 9. The Nuremberg Defense in the Pentagon Papers case; 10. A Nuremberg perspective on the trial of Karl Armstrong; 11. Telford Taylor and the legacy of Nuremberg; Part IV. The Legacy of the Vietnam War: 12. Learning from Vietnam; 13. The Vietnam syndrome: from the Gulf of Tonkin to Iraq; 14. 'The Vietnam Syndrome' the Kerrey Revelations raise anew issues of morality and military power; 15. Why the legal debate on the Vietnam War still matters; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Vietnam War was a significant historical event that has had profound implications for international law and state actions. This book brings together essays by top international lawyer and commentator Richard Falk on the Vietnam War and its relationship to international law, American foreign policy, and the global world order.Trade Review'The US wars in Indochina were an unspeakable horror. Throughout these terrible years, Richard Falk's voice made a unique contribution to understanding, combining meticulous legal and historical scholarship with acute insight and penetrating analysis, and not least, compassion for the victims and dedication to finding a peaceful and just resolution. The relevance of these essays extends far beyond the Indochina wars, and has only increased over the years as similar quandaries and concerns arise, to the present moment. They merit careful study and serious reflection.' Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'During the Vietnam War, Richard Falk was a prolific writer and commentator on the international law aspects of the conflict. He gave his own analysis and collected and edited the views of others. He covered the background of the Nuremberg trials, the aggression and self-defense dimension of the divided Vietnam, the issue of war crimes, and the US incursion into Cambodia, and he thereby informed a young, curious generation of the legal arguments involved. In the process, Richard Falk introduced the environmental perspective which, in 1977, was to become part of the law of armed conflict. In this volume we have a great collection of his articles and comments.' Ove Bring, Professor Emeritus of the University of Stockholm and the Swedish Defence University'For six decades, Richard Falk has been one of the academy's leading authorities in the fields of both international law and international relations while at the same time standing as one of the world's most notable public intellectuals. This volume not only provides an easily accessible assemblage of some of Professor Falk's most important works on the Vietnam war, but it provides real time insight into the development of international legal thought during the formative years of the Cold War international system. From Falk's discussion of the legal implications of the contrived claims regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the false declarations regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the reader is struck by the continuing relevance of Professor Falk's analysis and insights to the issues of our day.' Andrew L. Strauss, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law'Stefan Andersson's edited volume on Richard Falk's seminal writings on the Vietnam War and international law has placed us all under an enormous debt as we hear the drumbeats of a new global triumphalism. Richard Falk's hope that we may learn some crucial lessons from impunity and illegality of the cruelly prolonged Vietnam War is most pressingly relevant now.' Upendra Baxi, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick'Richard Falk, one of the most prominent living academics in the field of international law, has been an insightful critic of the US war in Vietnam. For those who were caught up the Vietnam War, this book offers a ray of hope that the atrocities of that war will not be forgotten and its lessons will be learned by new generations. If we are to have a future free of war, we must recognize illegality in warfare when it occurs, and new generations must learn to respect international law, particularly the criminal accountability for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity set forth in the Nuremberg Principles and the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court. I hope this book will be widely read throughout the world and certainly by citizens and leaders who have responsibility for decisions to use military force and for the conduct of wars.' David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace FoundationTable of ContentsForeword: the harmful legacy of lawlessness in Vietnam Richard Falk; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The US Role in Vietnam and International Law: 1. A Vietnam settlement: the view from Hanoi; 2. US in Vietnam: rationale and law; 3. International law and the United States role in the Vietnam War; 4. International law and the United States role in Vietnam: A Response to Professor Moore; 5. The six legal dimensions of the United States involvement in the Vietnam War; Part II. War and War Crimes: 6. Appropriating Tet; 7. Son My: war crimes and individual responsibility; 8. The Cambodian Operation and international law; Part III. The Vietnam War and the Nuremberg Principles: 9. The Nuremberg Defense in the Pentagon Papers case; 10. A Nuremberg perspective on the trial of Karl Armstrong; 11. Telford Taylor and the legacy of Nuremberg; Part IV. The Legacy of the Vietnam War: 12. Learning from Vietnam; 13. The Vietnam syndrome: from the Gulf of Tonkin to Iraq; 14. 'The Vietnam Syndrome' the Kerrey Revelations raise anew issues of morality and military power; 15. Why the legal debate on the Vietnam War still matters; Index.

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Book SynopsisInternational Law and the Cold War is the first book dedicated to examining the relationship between the Cold War and International Law. The authors adopt a variety of creative approaches - in relation to events and fields such as nuclear war, environmental protection, the Suez crisis and the Lumumba assassination - in order to demonstrate the many ways in which international law acted upon the Cold War and in turn show how contemporary international law is an inheritance of the Cold War. Their innovative research traces the connections between the Cold War and contemporary legal constructions of the nation-state, the environment, the third world, and the refugee; and between law, technology, science, history, literature, art, and politics.Trade Review'... a volume that definitely refutes the biased view of the Cold War as a terra incognita for international lawyers and summons historians to take up the gauntlet of writing Cold War histories that account for the multiple dimensions in which international law was made and performed during a period we have not entirely moved out to this day.' Etienne Peyrat, Journal of the history of International LawTable of ContentsDedication; About the editors; About the authors; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Reading and unreading a historiography of hiatus Matthew Craven, Sundhya Pahuja and Gerry Simpson; Part I. The Anti-Linear Cold War: 2. International law and the Cold War: reflections on the concept of history Richard Joyce; 3. The elusive peace of Panmunjom Dino Kritsiotis; Part II. The Generative/Productive Cold War: 4. Accounting for the ENMOD convention: Cold War influences on the origins and development of the 1976 Convention on Environmental Modification techniques Emily Crawford; 5. Nuclear weapons law and the Cold War and post-Cold War worlds: a story of co-production Anna Hood; 6. Parallel worlds: Cold War division space Scott Newton; 7. Shadowboxing: the data shadows of Cold War international law Fleur Johns; 8. Contesting the right to leave in international law: The Berlin Wall, the third world brain drain and the politics of emigration in the 1960s Sara Dehm; 9. Bridging ideologies: Julian Huxley, Détente, and the emergence of international environmental law Aaron Wu; 10. More than a 'parlour game': international law in Australian public debate, 1965–1966 Madelaine Chiam; 11. Environmental justice, the Cold War and US human rights exceptionalism Carmen G. Gonzalez; 12. The Cold War and its impact on Soviet legal doctrine Anna Isaeva; 13. Forced labour Anne-Charlotte Martineau; 14. Rupture and continuity: North–South struggles over debt and economic co-operation at the end of the Cold War Julia Dehm; 15. The Cold War history of the landmines convention Treasa Dunworth; Part III. The Parochial/Plural Cold War: 16. The Cold War in Soviet international legal discourse Boris N. Mamlyuk; 17. The Dao of Mao: Sinocentric socialism and the politics of international legal theory Teemu Ruskola; 18. 'The dust of Empire': the dialectic of self-determination and re-colonisation in the first phase of the Cold War Upendra Baxi; 19. The 'Bihar Famine' and the authorisation of the green revolution in India: developmental futures and disaster imaginaries Adil Hasan Khan; 20. Pakistan's Cold War(s) and international law Vanja Hamzić; 21. International law, Cold War juridical theatre, and the making of the Suez Crisis Charlie Peevers; 22. To seek with beauty to set the world right: Cold War international law and the radical 'imaginative geography' of Pan-Africanism Christopher Gevers; 23. John Le Carré, international law and the Cold War Tony Carty; 24. Postcolonial hauntings and Cold War continuities: Congolese sovereignty and the murder of Patrice Lumumba Sara Kendall; 25. End times in the Antipodes: propaganda and critique in On the Beach Ruth Buchanan.

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Book SynopsisA major new book on the sensational Portland Spy Ring and its famous trial in 1961.

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Book Synopsis Published for the first time, the history of the CIA''s clandestine short-wave radio broadcasts to Eastern Europe and the USSR during the early Cold War is covered in-depth. Chapters describe the gray broadcasting of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in Munich; clandestine or black radio broadcasts from Radio Nacional de Espana in Madrid to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine; transmissions to Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Ukraine and the USSR from a secret site near Athens; and broadcasts to Byelorussia and Slovakia. Infiltrated behind the Iron Curtain through dangerous air drops and boat landings, CIA and other intelligence service agents faced counterespionage, kidnapping, assassination, arrest and imprisonment. Excerpts from broadcasts taken from monitoring reports of Eastern Europe intelligence agencies are included.

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Book SynopsisIt is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was the Middle East On the afternoon of 6 October, 1973, the colossus of the Israeli Defence Forces was awakened by a wave of airstrikes, followed by an artillery bombardment along the Suez Canal that preceded a meticulously planned Egyptian invasion of the Israeli-held Sinai. Simultaneously, a massive Syrian armoured assault bore down on Israeli positions on the Golan Heights. The day was Yom Kippur, the most holy day on the Jewish religious calendar, and the commencement of a war that would bring the young state of Israel to the very brink of defeat.In the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967, a stunning Arab reversal at the hands of the untested Israeli Defence Forces, Israel occupied and held Arab territory on the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. These were for the most part territorial buffer zones, retained to protect Israel against an inevitable future war, but their ongoing occupation remained an open diplomatic wound. In the meanwhile, a mood of complacency came to affect the Israeli military machine, in the belief that air and armoured dominance of the battlefield would, as had been the case in 1967, guarantee a quick victory in any future war. The Yom Kippur War proved the fallacy of this belief, revealing critical weaknesses in Israeli intelligence capability and battlefield strategy. The ferocity and effectiveness of the combined invasion pushed the much-storied Israeli armed forces almost to the point of collapse. Only the rapid resupply of arms and equipment by the United States, and a display of extraordinary reliance and determination by the fighting forces of Israel, rescued the young state from annihilation.The story of the Yom Kippur War is an object lesson in the dynamism of military thinking, the evolution of battlefield technology and the uneasy alliance of east and west during the Cold War era of d tente.Yom Kippur was both a military and political manoeuvre that adjusted the balance of power in the Middle East, and set the tone for the ideological stand-off that continues in the region to this day

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary text takes into account the impact of the Cold War on various locales, groups, societies, organizations, and technology. Included in this work are chapters on education, political groups, cultural challenges and rivalries, nuclear technology and weaponry, the impact of nuclear exposure, and the new global order in a post-nuclear age. Edited by an historian, each chapter is written from multiple disciplinary perspectives - - political science, history, social science, science, and medicine - - making this work exceptionally unique with broad sweeping conceptual frameworks, methods, and points of analysis, all the while focused upon a four- decade era of fear. The work of Stivachtis and Manning offer an engaging look into the organization of the international community, world affairs, and inter-cultural challenges during the Cold War to understand the impact on global society through the lens of the English School of International Relations. Cimbala's chapter delves into the challenges to controlling and understanding nuclear warfare throughout the Cold War and how the knowledge of control or preventing catastrophic nuclear war in the historic period is significantly different from the current nuclear age, from the perspectives of what nations have weapons, of what magnitude, and the potential for warfare. The impact of nuclear exposure well after the Cold War is examined in Osono's work, which analyzes the physiological and neurological impact of nuclear waste on workers in China who unknowingly unearthed barrels of nuclear waste. Nekola offers readers a view into the role of the exiled Czech political parties that operated in outside of the regulations of the Iron Curtain, after the 1948 Communist Coup, maintaining party publications and organization throughout the 1950s. The work of Bar-Noi analyzes the relationship between the Israeli and Soviet governments as the nation of Israel was founded and ultimately placed in the political cross-hairs of world leaders from 1945 to 1967. Palmadessa's works on U.S. education - - k-12 compulsory and higher education - - considers the ways in which education responded to the call for patriotic support of the U.S. in opposition to the communist regime in Russia and the understanding of the global role education was to play. The Cold War shook the world, its institutions, cultural groups, and scientific communities to their core. The Cold War: Global Impacts and Lessons Learned offers readers insight into the immediate challenges, the continued obstacles, and the knowledge gained from this tumultuous period riddled with fear that dominates the narrative of 20th century world history.Table of ContentsFor more information, please visit our website at:https://novapublishers.com/shop/coldwarglobalimpactandlessonslearned/

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Book SynopsisThe inside story of modern spying, from the Cold War to the ongoing War on Terror, drawing on recently released files.

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Book SynopsisBBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'It was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it' The Times 'Essential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith' Forbes More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. Nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures: not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering personalities like Khrushchev, Kennedy and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping account of fear itself - one which is more resonant than ever today.Trade ReviewEssential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith * Forbes *An ambitious study of the cold war ... filled with fascinating insights into the psychology of one of the most dangerous periods in world history ... illuminating -- PD Smith * Guardian *There have been many histories of the cold war, but the virtue and originality of Mr Sixsmith's is to see almost every aspect of the stand-off in psychological terms * Economist *Written with exemplary clarity and full of succulent anecdotes ... Sixsmith's huge canvas encompasses the Space Race, the motivations of the Cambridge spies, and the details of Project MK Ultra * The Daily Telegraph *Peppered with anecdotes, archival nuggets and flashes of insight ... stands out from other Cold War narratives by [its] sheer range of cultural references and detail ... it was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it * The Times *This fascinating study of Cold War psychology also has much to teach us about contemporary tensions -- Vin Arthey * Scotsman *Praise for Martin Sixsmith: 'Sixsmith has the knack of delivering complex material with a clear voice * The Times *A lively chronicle -- Orlando Figes * Sunday Times *Russia, a 1,000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East contains many of the required ingredients to become the leading popular history of Russia. Colloquial, personal and anecdotal in style ... well researched and factually sound. * TLS *Russia delivers a thoroughly satisfying history...a lively opinionated narrative. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book Synopsis*A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo'So entertaining' The Times 'Cracking' Sunday TelegraphThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed war forever. The awesome power of the blast and its deadly fallout meant home in Britain fell under the nuclear shadow, and the threat of annihilation coloured every aspect of ordinary life for the next forty years.Families were encouraged to construct makeshift shelters with cardboard and sandbags. Vicars and pub landlords learnt how to sound hand-wound sirens, offering four minutes to scramble to safety. Thousands volunteered to give nuclear first aid, often consisting of breakfast tea, herbal remedies, and advice on how to die without contaminating others. And while the public had to look after themselves, bunkers were readied for the officials and experts who would ensure life continued after the catastrophe.Today we may read about the Cold War and life in Britain under the shadow of the mushroom cloud with a sense of amusement and relief that the apocalypse did not happen. But it is also a timely and powerful reminder that, so long as nuclear weapons exist, the nuclear threat will always be with us.'Impossible to believe, just as hard to put down' Dan Snow'Simultaneously horrifying, weirdly nostalgic and darkly hilarIous' Mark Haddon, author of The PorpoiseTrade ReviewCracking * Sunday Telegraph *So entertaining * The Times *Very good ... A sobering book, but a gripping one * Spectator *Julie McDowall's thoroughly gripping study ... makes for genuinely startling and sometimes darkly funny reading... [it's] brilliantly chilling and sparkily engaging * Mail on Sunday *Attack Warning Red! is a timely reminder of the mind-blanking horror of nuclear warfare, as it menaces Europe once more * Sunday Times *Simultaneously horrifying, weirdly nostalgic and darkly hilarious * Mark Haddon, author of The Porpoise *Impossible to believe, just as hard to put down. Urgent. Terrifying * Dan Snow, historian and host of History Hit *Superb ... a lucid, totally compulsive read from beginning to end, chilling as well as profoundly empathetic in tone * Mick Jackson, director of Threads *Brilliant and unforgettable ... A beautifully writtern horror story and amazing work of research ... Julie McDowall has made the unreadable compulsive and the unthinkable thinkable, but above all this is a book that cherishes humanity in all its absurdity, intelligence, vulnerability, courage and, against all odds, belief in hope and survival * Juliet Nicolson, author of Frostquake *Captivating, chilling, and at times darkly humorous. A fascinating insight into Britain's preparations for surviving Armageddon, and the ghastly reality of what the aftermath of a nuclear war would actually be like * Lewis Dartnell, author of The Knowledge *Fascinating * Sir Lawrence Freedman, author of Command *How to prepare for Armageddon? Julie McDowell has written the best exploration yet of how successive British administrations grappled with the challenge of living under the shadow of nuclear war, with depth, compassion and very necessary dark humour * Prof. Mark Galeotti, author of The Weaponisation of Everything *This by turns harrowing and farcical book charts the reality of living under constant threat of nuclear oblivion * iPaper *Timely ... harrowing ... farcical ... the most surprising aspect of Attack Warning Red!, however, is that, alongside generous helpings of fear and unease, it carries a strong charge of nostalgia * Scotland on Sunday *Attack Warning Red! effectively pulls together many strands from this unsettling aspect of British history and weaves them in a way that will alarm and entertain * BBC History Magazine *A fascinating read * Radio Times *An atomic Dad's Army, McDowall's history of the UK's nuclear civil defence is full of hilarious gems * Daily Telegraph *McDowall's book has the tone of a podcast [...] She leads her audience round bunkers, propaganda films and government records, pointing out the horrifying, the unexpected and the absurd * London Review of Books *Most interesting * Times Literary Supplement *An unsettling festive read * Soldier *

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Book SynopsisThe term religious circles was coined by the World Peace Council (WPC), an organisation that during the Cold War was linked to the propaganda apparatus of the Artheist Communist of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In declassified reports Western intelligence services described the WPC as a Communist Party front organisation. The communists of the former Soviet Union are usually referred to as the Soviets. The Moscow-oriented communist also availed themselves of the Christian Peace Conference (CPC), another important communist front organisation which sought to manipulate Christian churches and the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva. The CPC was dominated by the Soviet controlled Russian Orthodox Church which became a member of the WCC in 1961. A supportive role was played by the former KGB, the Soviet intelligence and security service during the Cold War. Through the CPC and the Russian Orthodox Church the Soviets manipulated the debate in ecumenical circles and the peace movement. Soviet agents helped to draft policy statements on international affairs at WCC Central Committee meetings. These KGB agents were later identified by KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin. They were Aleksei Buyewsky (agent Kuznetsov) and metropolitan Nikodim (agent Adamant). Nikodim became one of the WCCs six presidents in 1975. I identified Buyevsky as a possible KGB agent in 1977.

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Book SynopsisBeyond the Arab Cold War brings the Yemen Civil War, 1962-68, to the forefront of modern Middle East History. During the 1960s, in the wake of a coup against Imam Muhammad al-Badr and the formation of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), Yemen was transformed into an arena of global conflict. Believing al-Badr to be dead, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and most countries recognized the YAR. But when al-Badr unexpectedly turned up alive, Saudi Arabia and Britain offered support to the deposed Imam, drawing Yemen into an internationally-sponsored civil war. Throughout six years of major conflict, Yemen sat at the crossroads of regional and international conflict as dozens of countries, international organizations, and individuals intervened in the local South Arabian civil war. Yemen was a showcase for a new era of UN and Red Cross peacekeeping, clandestine activity, Egyptian counterinsurgency, and one of the first largescale uses of poison gas since WWI. Events in Yemen were not dominated by a singTrade ReviewUntil the last two decades, much of the scholarship on Yemen has often been characterized by a tendency, whether intentional or not, to emphasize the isolation of the country, its history, and its politics from global processes of imperial expansion, state formation, and capital accumulation.It is refreshing then to read Asher Orkaby's account of the Yemeni Civil War of 1962-68, which proceeds with the assumption that the war must be understood in a broader context of international relations that can be reduced neither to Cold War rivalries nor to competition between Arab monarchies and their republican rivals. A well-researched study that pushes us to think more carefully about whether the Yemen Civil War, and possibly any civil war, can be considered solely within a national framework. * John M. Willis, International Journal of Middle East Studies *Orkaby's book represents an important contribution to both the philatelic and political history of this turbulent part of the world. * Charles Snee, Linn's Stamp News *In summary this is a high quality book of tremendous importance for the study of the auxiliain the early empire. The extensive bibliography of some thirty-seven pages is exhaustive and there are a limited number of typographical errors. The work is certain to become the new reference for any study on that topic. * François Gauthier, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Through truly impressive multiarchival and multilingual research (in U.S., British, Canadian, Russian, Israeli, Yemeni, and Swiss collections), Orkaby illuminates several key aspects of the Yemeni conflict that were previously shrouded in official secrecy or historiographical neglect. * Yemeni Thicket, Diplomatic History *[P]rovides special significance and important relevance today, half a century later... Recommended. * CHOICE *Backed by solid research, Orkaby's narrative easily succeeds in taking readers beyond the Arab Cold War and into the machinations of a variety of international players. * Eric Watkins, International Affairs *Table of ContentsBeyond Paradigms: An Introduction to the Yemen Civil War Chapter 1: International Intrigue and the Origins of September 1962 Chapter 2: Recognizing the New Republic Chapter 3: Local Hostilities and International Diplomacy Chapter 4: The UN Yemen Observer Mission (UNYOM) Chapter 5: Nasser's Cage Chapter 6: Chemical Warfare in Yemen: The Limits of the Poison Gas Taboo Chapter 7: The Anglo-Egyptian Rivalry in Yemen Chapter 8: Yemen, Israel, and the Road to 1967 Chapter 9: The Impact of Individuals Chapter 10: The Siege of Sana'a and the End of the Yemen Civil War Epilogue: Echoes of a Civil War Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era--the decade after World War II when the American Century slipped into high gear. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times, ranging from the Marshall Plan to the establishment of NATO. In this acclaimed biography, Robert L. Beisner paints an indelible portrait of one of the key figures of the last half-century. In a book filled with insight based on research in government archives, memoirs, letters, and diaries, Beisner illuminates Acheson''s major triumphs, including the highly underrated achievement of converting West Germany and Japan from mortal enemies to prized allies, and does not shy away from examining his missteps. But underlying all his actions, Beisner shows, was a tough-minded determination to outmatch the strength of the Soviet bloc--indeed, to defeat the SovTrade Review...a mature and lively account of the activities of the Secretary of State... * S.R. Dockrill The English Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Acknowledgments Definitions of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1: Introduction: "The Shiniest Fish that Ever Came Out of the Sea" Part I 2: Rare Meat: Adding Reach to Power 3: Patterns of Peril: Joining the Cold Warriors 4: Rome and Carthage: The Truman Doctrine 5: The Marshall Plan and the Return to Private Life Part II 6: The Inner and Outer Acheson 7: Acheson, the President, and the State Department 8: Keeping the Americans In, the Russians Out, and the Germans Down, 1949 9: Strategy in Europe: Backing the West, Probing the East 10: Looking for Chance in China, 1949 11: Neither Wood nor Ivory: Checkmated in China, 1949-1950 12: Other Early Encounters with Asia and the Middle East Part III 13: Weapons: The H-Bomb 14: Words: NSC-68, Public Opinion, and Total Diplomacy 15: Real Diplomacy, in Europe, 1949-1950 16: Plunge into the Unkown: The United States, Indochina, and China on the Eve of the Korean War 17: Friends in Place: Acheson and Alger Hiss 18: Evil Days Part IV 19: Testing Ground-Korea 20: In the Cockpit 21: Prodding Evolution with Action: German Rearmament 22: Acceleration from a Running Start Part V 23: In Thrall: Ironic Failures in Korea 24: Job's Comforter and the Mad Satrap 25: Captives of War 26: At Different Ends of the Triangle: Domestic Debates, European Armies, British Allies Part VI 27: Command in Japan 28: Failure in Indochina and China 29: Razor Edge Sensibilities: ANZUS and India 30: Falling between Two Stools: The Middle East, North Africa, and Africa 31: Picking Up Sticks in Egypt and Iran 32: Jousting with Mosadeq, Waiting for Nasser 33: Latin America: Critical, but not Serious Part VII 34: Lisbon to Letdown: The Fate of the EDC 35: Apples of Discord: Germany and the Soviet Union, 1952 36: Scope for the Exercise of Every Vital Power

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