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Pen & Sword Books Ltd North Korean Onslaught: Volume II: UN Stand at
Book SynopsisIn the first volume in this series on the Korean War, North Korea Invades the South, North Korean ground forces, armour and artillery crossed the 38th Parallel, and, in blitzkrieg style, rolled back UN and South Korean forces down the Korean peninsula. Despite the US and South Korea committing army, air force and navy units, supported by forces from Australia, Britain, New Zealand, France and Canada, by 31 July, eleven enemy divisions were concentrated in a disconnected line from Ch?nju to Y?ngdong. Along the south coast, North Korean divisions pushed eastward towards Masan. To the east and centre of the peninsula, the enemy closed in on Kimch'?n and the Naktong River line. On the east coast, three North Korean divisions secured the Y?ngd?k-P'ohang axis, placing them within mortar range of the UN airfield at Y?nil. Reeling, the UN forces desperately defended the 140-mile-line lodgement area that incorporated the port of Pusan. Supreme commander of UN forces, General Douglas MacArthur, had his back to the sea, facing thirteen enemy infantry divisions, two new tank brigades and an armoured division. On 1 September, North Korean forces launched their strongest offensive to date, and in the first two weeks of the month, American casualties became the heaviest of the war. Of particular concern to General Walker was the danger of losing the town of Taegu in the centre. The resultant loss of the strategic Taegu-Pusan railway would be catastrophic. MacArthur and Washington were running out of options, but the Pusan Perimeter had to be defended at all costs.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Sino-Indian War: Border Clash: October-November
Book SynopsisFor a hundred years, British and Chinese territorial claims in the Himalayas conflicted, with Indian historians claiming that the region was the fountainhead of Hindu civilization. In the halcyon days of the Raj, London saw Afghanistan and Tibet as buffers against Russian and Chinese imperialism. In 1913, an ephemeral agreement between Britain, Tibet and China was signed, recognizing the McMahon Line as the border of the disputed territory. China, however, failed to ratify the agreement, while India protested against a loss of historical land. After the Second World War, India became independent of Britain and Chinese Communists proclaimed a people's republic. Despite cordial overtures from Indian Prime Minister Nehru, in late 1950 the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) invaded Tibet. In the ensuing twelve years, Indian diplomacy and Chinese 'cartographic aggression' were punctuated by border incidents, particularly in 1953 when armed clashes precipitated a significant increase in the disposition of troops by both sides. In the spring of 1962, Indian forces flooded into the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, to check the Chinese. In a spiralling game of brinkmanship, in September, ground forces were strategically deployed and redeployed. On 10 October, thirty-three Chinese died in a firefight near Dhola. Embittered by Moscow's support of India against a sister communist state, and in a bid to clip Nehru's belligerent wings, on 20 October, the PLA launched a two-pronged attack against Indian positions.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Angolan War of Liberation: Colonial-Communist
Book SynopsisWhen a large group of rebels invaded Angola from a recently independent Congo in 1961, it heralded the opening shots in another African war of independence. Between 1961 and 1974, Portugal faced the extremely ambitious task of conducting three simultaneous counterinsurgency campaigns to preserve its hegemony of Angola, Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique. While other European states were falling over themselves in granting independence to their African possessions, Portugal chose to stay and fight despite the odds against success. That it did so successfully for thirteen years in a distant multi-fronted war remains a remarkable achievement, particularly for a nation of such modest resources. For example, in Angola the Portuguese had a tiny air force of possibly a dozen transport planes, a squadron or two of F-86s and perhaps twenty helicopters: and that in a remote African country twice the size of Texas. Portugal proved that such a war can be won. In Angola victory was complete. However, the political leadership proved weak and irresolute, and this encouraged communist elements within the military to stage a coup in April 1974 and lead a capitulation to the insurgent movements, squandering the hard-won military and social gains and abandoning Portugal's African citizens to generations of civil war and destitution.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd British Army of the Rhine: The BAOR, 1945-1993
Book SynopsisThe nervous geopolitical tension between East and West, the Cold War, emerged before the end of the Second World War and lasted until 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The British Army of the Rhine was born in 1945 out of the British Liberation Army at the close of the war as the military government of the British zone of occupied Germany. As the Soviet threat increased, so BAOR became less of an occupational army and assumed the role of defender of Western Europe, and as a major contributor to NATO after 1949. This book traces and examines the changing role of BAOR from 1945 to its demise in the 1993 Options for Change defence cuts. It looks at the part it played in the defence of West Germany, its effectiveness as a Cold War deterrent, the garrisons and capabilities, logistics and infrastructure, its arms and armour, the nuclear option and the lives of the thousands of families living on the front line.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Iran-Iraq War: The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988
Book SynopsisThe bloody eight-year Iran-Iraq war is now almost forgotten, overshadowed by the subsequent Gulf War and Iraq War. However, it is best remembered for the unique so-called 'Tanker War' which threatened to strangle the world's oil supplies. At the time Tucker-Jones as a defence analyst wrote extensively on the war and now brings his expertise to bear with this account of a conflict fuelled by festering regional rivalries, the Cold War and the emerging threat posed by militant Shia Islam. Fought on land, at sea and in the air using some of the most modern weapons money could buy, Western-backed Saddam Hussein's Sunni Iraq and Shia Iran under the ayatollahs fought themselves to a standstill. Once Saddam's armoured blitzkrieg had been halted and Iran's human-wave counterattacks fought off, it became a war of attrition with major battles fought for the possession of Khorramshahr and Basra. Both sides resorted to chemical weapons and bombarding each other with missiles. When the war spilled over into the waters of the Gulf it sparked open Western intervention. Escalating attacks on oil tankers finally culminated in a ceasefire.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass
Book SynopsisOne of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in one of Africa's first post-independence wars, but that until it happened the world thought Nigeria was immune from the wasting disease of tribalism. It certainly was not because the Biafran War is still the most expansive tribal conflagration that the continent has experienced-barring perhaps the ongoing Great Lakes conflict-involving the forces of East and West, only this time, with the British siding with the Soviets. Worse, some of the religious differences that emerged before and after that dreadful carnage are still with us today. During the course of hostilities that lasted almost four years, a lot of other shortcomings surfaced in Africa's most populous nation, including the kind of corruption that, until then, had always been linked to countries rich in oil. Disunity, incompetence and instability-from which Nigeria never really recovered-also emerged. Two bloody army coups followed after the rebels capitulated, together with an appalling series of massacres, mostly of southern Christians by Muslim northerners. Half a century later the slaughter continues.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Images of The National Archives: Cold War
Book SynopsisThe Cold War tells the story of half a century of superpower confrontation from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book describes in chilling detail the military and ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that dominated the post-war landscape. The book highlights the role played by Britain during the Cold War and its involvement in Cold War flash points including the Berlin Blockade, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The book describes the devastating consequences of nuclear war, the growth and influence of the peace movement and the exploits of the Cold War spy networks built up by both sides. Based on previously secret government reports and papers, the book tells a compelling story of global conflict and superpower politics set against a backdrop of dramatic social and cultural change.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd T-54/55: Soviet Cold War Main Battle Tank
Book SynopsisDuring the Cold War, the T-54/55 series of tanks represented the most serious threat to Nato land forces in Europe. Available in huge quantities, it formed the core of the Warsaw Pact armoured warfare doctrine, which envisaged massed tank attacks against the weakest point in Nato's front-line defences. Yet the T-54/55 could be stopped by smaller numbers of tanks which had the benefit of better technology and training, as was demonstrated during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 when Israeli tanks dealt out appalling punishment to T-55s of the Syrian army. Despite these limitations, the T-54/55 was one of the most successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the TankCraft series by Robert Jackson is the ideal introduction to it. As well as tracing the history of the T-54/55, his book is an excellent source of reference for the modeller, providing details of available kits and photographs of award-winning models, together with artworks showing the colour schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of archive photographs.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Prague Spring: Warsaw Pact Invasion, 1968
Book SynopsisCold War nadir: January 1968 and in Czechoslovakia the new Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek has made it clear that this is the opportunity to loosen the Soviet stranglehold on the country. As the Prague winter slowly eases into a Prague spring, it really does seem as if Dubcek has judged it right. Reforms in oppressive censorship laws, improved housing, a lessening of totalitarian oppression, Dubcek promises and delivers on it all. The new regime in Czechoslovakia does seek to destroy communism but it does want to choose its own political destiny. And then, on the night of 20/21 August the Prague Spring is crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion: 200,000 Communist troops, mostly Soviet but also Polish and East German, flood the country. The resulting protests and rallies against the invasion, mostly by young people, are violent and bloody. Hundreds die in clashes; self-immolation, in public and before the eyes of the world, brings home the horror and the depth of feeling in the Czech people. It is the end of the Prague Spring, the reformation of Czechoslovakia having ended in ruins. But despite the brutal crushing of Czech hopes and dreams, the events of 1968 lay the foundations for future change. It will take another two decades but it is, ultimately, where the unravelling of the Communist bloc begins.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle for Laos: Vietnam's Proxy War,
Book SynopsisBy 1959 the newly independent Kingdom of Laos was being transformed into a Cold War battleground for global superpower competition, having been born out of the chaos following the French military defeat and withdrawal from Indochina in 1954. The country was soon engulfed in a rapidly evolving civil war as rival forces jockeyed for power and swelling foreign intervention further fueled the fighting. Adding even more fuel to the fire, "neutral" Laos's geographic entanglement in the intensifying war in neighboring South Vietnam deepened in the early 1960s as Hanoi's reliance on the Ho Chi Minh Trail for moving men and material through the southern Laotian panhandle grew exponentially and became a priority target of American interdiction efforts. For almost twenty years, the fighting between the Western-supported Royal Lao government and the communist-supported Pathet Lao would rage across the plains, jungles, and mountaintops largely unseen by most of the world in this so-called "secret war." Thousands on each side would die and many more would be displaced as the conflict on the ground ebbed and flowed from season to season and year to year. And in the skies above, American and Royal Laotian aircraft would rain down their deadly payloads, decimating large swaths of the countryside in pursuit of victory. Nearly 3 million tons of bombs would be dropped on Laotian territory between 1965 and 1973, leaving a deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance that lingers to this day. Thus, the battle for Laos is the story of entire communities and generations caught up in a war seemingly without end, one that pitted competing foreign interests and their proxies against each other, and one that was forever tied to Washington's pursuit of victory in Vietnam.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Suez Crisis 1956: End of Empire and the Reshaping
Book SynopsisIn 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, ending nearly a century of British and French control over the crucial waterway. Ignoring U.S. diplomatic efforts and fears of a looming Cold War conflict, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden misled Parliament and the press to take Britain to war alongside France and Israel. In response to a secretly pre-planned Israeli attack in the Sinai, France and Britain intervened as peacemakers'. The invasion of Egypt was supposed to restore British and French control of the canal and reaffirm Britain's flagging prestige. Instead, the operation spectacularly backfired, setting Britain and the United States on a collision course that would change the balance of power in the Middle East. The combined air, sea and land battle witnessed the first helicopter-borne deployment of assault troops and the last large-scale parachute drop into a conflict zone by British forces. French and British soldiers fought together against the Soviet-equipped Egyptian military in a short campaign that cost the lives of thousands of soldiers, along with innocent civilians. Suez Crisis 1956 is a fast-paced, compelling short history which moves between London, Washington and Cairo to tell the story of a crisis that brought down a prime minister and heralded the end of an empire.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold
Book SynopsisRAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War is the result of ten years of research, involving many visits to the former German Democratic Republic by a small Anglo/German team of military specialists. Their purpose was to explore the lives of RAF and East German ?ghter and ?ghter-bomber pilots, in the air and on the ground, at work and play, during the Cold War in North Germany. The book is based largely on personal testimony from these pilots, coupled with facts drawn from of?cial archives and comment from other historical sources. Where possible, political considerations have been avoided and no outright criticism has been intended, readers being left to draw their own conclusions on the thinking, strategies, equipment and tactics discussed. Far from being an intellectual polemic on the Cold War, the text and photographs merely record a slice of history as seen through the eyes of a select few who took up arms in the defence of their respective homelands - and faced each other daily across the Iron Curtain. In an insightful conclusion, Nigel Walpole reassess the threat that both sides believed was genuine during those tense decades of the Cold War and examines the possible course and nature of a conflict which neither NATO nor the Warsaw Pact wanted but both actively planned for.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd From Phantom to Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War
Book SynopsisFighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present. Understandably, most of these revolve around the skill, cunning and bravery that characterizes this distinctive band of brothers, but there are other dimensions to those who take to the skies to do battle that have not been given the emphasis they deserve - until now. You do not have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd's fascinating personal tale, woven around his 28-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through the narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia; Europe to the Middle East; linking the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot. The anecdotes provided are absorbing, providing an insight into life as an Air Force pilot, but, in this book, as Colonel Ladd stresses, the focus is not on fireworks or stirring tales of derring-do. Instead, this is an articulate and absorbing account of what life is really like among a rare breed of arrogant, cocky, boisterous and fun-loving young men who readily transform into steely professionals at the controls of a fighter aircraft. _Phantom to Warthog_ is a terrific read: the legacy of a fighter pilot.Trade Review"[The author] has, much better than I've been able to do, drafted a compelling conversation that trumpets the fact that this book is far more than a collection of aircraft adventures and personal triumphs--just the kind of image I'd like to convey to an audience much wider than aviation buffs and fellow flyers."--Andy Fraser
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd On Operations with C Squadron SAS: Terrorist
Book SynopsisThis is the third and final stand-alone' account of C Squadron SAS's thrilling operations against the relentless spread of communist backed terrorism in East Africa. Drawing on first-hand experiences the author describe operations against communist-backed terrorists in Angola and Mozambique, aiding the Portuguese and Renamo against the MPLA and Frelimo respectively. Back in Southern Rhodesia SAS General Peter Walls, realising the danger that Mugabe and ZANU represented, appealed directly to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This correspondence, published here for the first time, changed nothing and years of corruption and genocide followed. Although C Squadron was disbanded in 1980 many members joined the South African special forces. Operations undertaken included unsuccessful and costly destabilisation attempts against Mugabe and missions into Mozambique including the assassination of Samora Machel. By 1986 deteriorating relationships with the South African authorities resulted in the break-up of the SAS teams who dispersed worldwide. Had Mike Graham not written his three action-packed books, C Squadron SAS's superb fighting record might never have been revealed. For those who are fascinated by special forces soldiering his accounts are must reads'.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts:
Book SynopsisPortugal was the first European country to colonise Africa. It was also the last to leave, almost five centuries later. During the course of what Lisbon called its civilizing mission in Africa the Portuguese weathered numerous insurrections, but none as severe as the guerrilla war first launched in Angola in 1961 and two years later in Portuguese Guinea. While Angola had a solid economic infrastructure, that did not hold for the tiny West African enclave that was to become Guine-Bissau. Both Soviets and Cubans believed that because that tiny colony- roughly the size of Belgium - had no resources and a small population, that Lisbon would soon capitulate. They were wrong, because hostilities lasted more than a decade and the 11-year struggle turned into the most intense of Lisbon's three African colonies. It was a classic African guerrilla campaign that kicked off in January 1963, but nobody noticed because what was taking place in Vietnam grabbed all the headlines. The Soviet-led guerrilla campaign in Portuguese Guinea was to go on and set the scene for the wars that followed in Rhodesia and present-day Namibia.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991
Book SynopsisAs Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Cold War the tank retained its pre-eminence on the battlefield. The Arab-Israeli wars witnessed some of the biggest tank battles of all time, and tanks played key roles in conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan as well as in the Iran-Iraq War and the wars fought between India and Pakistan. But then in the mid-1960s anti-tank weapons became ever deadlier and the Mechanised Infantry Fighting Vehicle (MIFV), which was designed to support infantry and fight tanks, emerged and the heyday of the tank was over. Chapters cover each major phase in the evolution of the tank and of tank warfare during the period, from the battles fought in the late 1940s and 1950s with Second World War armoured vehicles like the T-34 and the Sherman, through to the designs common in the 1960s and 1970s like the T-55, Centurion, Challenger and M60 Patton, to the confrontation between the M1 Abrams and the T-72 during the Gulf War in 1991\. Technical and design developments are important elements throughout the story, but so are dramatic changes in tactics and armaments which mean the tank has an increasingly uncertain role in modern warfare.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Shooting Down the Stealth Fighter: Eyewitness
Book SynopsisWith its futuristic and unmistakable design, the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, the so-called 'Stealth Fighter', was the wonder of the age. Virtually undetectable by radar, this ground-attack aircraft could slip unseen through enemy defences to deliver its deadly payload on unsuspecting targets. Its effectiveness had been well demonstrated during the Gulf War of 1991, during which the F-117A achieved almost legendary status. But, at 20.42 hours on 27 March 1999, the military and aviation worlds were stunned when the impossible happened - a virtually obsolete Soviet-built surface-to-air missile system which had first been developed more than thirty years earlier, detected and shot down an F-117A, callsign 'Vega 31'. This incident took place during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. It was, and remains, at least officially, the only time that a stealth aircraft was detected and shot down by a ground-based missile system. In this book the authors, both of whom served in the Kosovo War, take the reader through every moment of that astounding event, from both the perspective of Lieutenant Colonel Dani's 3rd Battalion, 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade, a Yugolsav Army unit, and that of the pilot of the F-117A, Lieutenant Colonel Darrell Patrick Zelko, who ejected and survived the loss of his aircraft. The reader is placed in the cabin of the missile fire control centre and alongside 'Dale' Zelko in the cockpit of his stealth fighter as each second dramatically unfolds. Stealth characteristics are now regarded as a standard part of modern military aircraft design but with each generation of aircraft becoming increasingly, almost cripplingly, expensive to produce and operate compared with the simpler surface-to-air defence systems, the outcome of the battle between missile and stealth hangs in the balance. That this is the case might be seen in the strange fact that it is claimed that two other F-117As did not return to the U.S. at the end of the Kosovo War, though, mysteriously, their fate has never been revealed. Were they too victims of Yugoslav missiles? Though intended for the general reader, _Shooting Down the Stealth Fighter_ covers the technical details of the weapons involved and their deployment - and the authors should know, as one of them, Djordje Anicic, was a member of the Yugoslav team which brought down Zelko's aircraft.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and
Book SynopsisThe Cold War, which lasted from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, was fought mostly in the shadows, with the superpowers manoeuvring for strategic advantage in an anticipated global armed confrontation that thankfully never happened. How did the intelligence organisations of the major world powers go about their work? What advantages were they looking for? Did they succeed? By examining some of the famous, infamous, or lesser-known intelligence operations from both sides of the Iron Curtain, this book explains how the superpowers went about gathering intelligence on each other, examines the type of information they were looking for, what they did with it, and how it enabled them to stay one step ahead of the opposition. Possession of these secrets threatened a Third World War, but also helped keep the peace for more than four decades. With access to previously unreleased material, the author explores how the intelligence organisations, both civilian and military, took advantage of rapid developments in technology, and how they adapted to the changing threat. The book describes the epic scale of some of these operations, the surprising connections between them, and how they contributed to a complex multi-layered intelligence jigsaw which drove decision making at the highest level. On top of all the tradecraft, gadgets and cloak and dagger', the book also looks at the human side of espionage: their ideologies and motivations, the winners and losers, and the immense courage and frequent betrayal of those whose lives were touched by the Secrets of the Cold War.
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Pan Macmillan The Skripal Files: Putin, Poison and the New Spy
Book SynopsisThe Skripal Files tells the full story behind the Salisbury Poisonings, one of the most shocking incidents to occur in Britain in recent memory. Broadcaster and historian Mark Urban interviewed Sergei Skripal in the months before the poisoning and explains why Skripal was targeted for assassination.'A scrupulous piece of reporting, necessary, timely and very sobering' – John Le CarréChosen as one of the best political books of 2018 by the Sunday Times.4 March 2018, Salisbury, England.Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were enjoying a rare and peaceful Sunday spent together, completely unaware that they had been poisoned with the deadly nerve agent Novichok. Hours later both were found slumped on a park bench close to death.Following their attempted murders on British soil, Russia was publicly accused by the West of carrying out the attack, marking a new low for international relations between the two since the end of the Cold War.The Skripal Files is the definitive account of the Salisbury Poisonings and how Skripal’s story fits into the wider context of the new spy war between Russia and the West. The book explores Sergei's past as a spy in the Russian military intelligence, explains how he was turned to work as an agent by MI6, and his imprisonment in Siberia. His eventual release as part of a spy-swap brought him to Salisbury where, on that fateful day, he and his daughter found themselves fighting for their lives.Trade ReviewFascinating account of the poisoning case . . . Other books will follow on the Skripals, but they will struggle to match the texture of Urban’s research, its knowledgeable hinterland * The Times *A scrupulous piece of reporting, necessary, timely and very sobering -- John Le CarréEngrossing . . . Urban tells the story of Skripal’s undercover career well, much of it previously unknown and gleaned from around 10 hours of conversations with him at his Salisbury home -- Luke Harding, GuardianBased on his extensive interviews with Skripal, provide an original and often fascinating read on the games that spies played in the wake of the Cold War * Sunday Times *A detailed account of Skripal’s life leading up to these terrible events * Daily Telegraph *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Introduction: Introduction Section - Prologue: An Unlawful Use of Force Section - Part One: Agent Chapter - 1: The Pitch Chapter - 2: Sergei's Journey Chapter - 3: Into the Darkness Chapter - 4: Master Race No Longer Chapter - 5: Breakthrough in Madrid Chapter - 6: Inside the Glass House Chapter - 7: The View From Vauxhall Chapter - 8: Back Into the Light Section - Part Two: Prisoner Chapter - 9: Inside Lefortovo Chapter - 10: Litvinenko Chapter - 11: IK 5 Chapter - 12: Hitmen Chapter - 13: The Fateful Letter Chapter - 14: Operation Ghost Stories Chapter - 15: Deliverance Chapter - 16: Christie Miller Road Section - Part Three: Target Chapter - 17: Sunday 4 March Chapter - 18: The Fight For Survival Chapter - 19: 'Highly Likely' Russia Chapter - 20: The Investigation Falters Chapter - 21: The Information War Chapter - 22: The Long Road to Recovery
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Pan Macmillan The Blind Light
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2021‘Extraordinary’ – Spectator‘Powerful’ – Guardian‘Spellbinding’ – The TabletAs the 1950s draw to a close, and the Cold War escalates, the shape of Drummond Moore's life is changed beyond measure when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with James Carter, a rich and well-connected fellow national serviceman. Carter leads him to Doom Town – an army base that seeks to recreate the effects of a nuclear war – where he meets Gwen, a barmaid with whom he shares an instant connection.Set over sixty years of British history, The Blind Light by Stuart Evers is the compelling story of one family as they deal with the personal and political fallout of their times.Trade ReviewA thoughtful and powerful study of the corrosive effects of fear, the damage we do to ourselves and our loved ones when danger is all we can see . . . disconcertingly timely * Guardian *A panoramic novel of modern Britain . . . extraordinary * Spectator *The Blind Light reads like a British Don DeLillo, telling the social history of Britain through two generations of a family -- Alex Preston, ObserverEngrossing . . . A terrific book -- Samira Ahmed, BBC Radio 4Evers excels in his close examination of relationships . . . the complicated nature of guilt and loss is beautifully handled . . . an absorbing read * Irish Independent *Powerfully imagined . . . multi-threaded, unflinching, and visceral * TLS *A shrewd, timely novel * New York Times *A spellbinding family history, encompassing the personal and the political * The Tablet *Rivals the work of American greats such as Bellow and Franzen * The Week *Evers’s book is a widescreen family saga that examines, among other things, the effect of the nuclear threat during the Cold War on the British psyche . . . it’s absorbing – and uncannily timed in its perversely consoling sense of how crises come and go * Daily Mail *The Blind Light is a page-perfect and impeccably structured portrait of Britain’s troubled, post-nuclear generations . . . Evers has written a powerful and affecting novel which excels at being as true to Family and the personal as it is to Nation and the universal, a rare and potent combination -- Jim Crace, author of HarvestOne is taken both by the breadth of vision and the depth of character on offer in Evers' stunning The Blind Light . . . This is an achievement to be admired and, frankly, envied. My hat is off -- Laird HuntA thoroughly absorbing novel which illuminates the nature of friendship and family while offering a compelling portrait of Britain. I loved it -- Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of LoveExtraordinarily intense, and intensely well written, the echoes of our current situation are uncomfortably close at hand. A complex and powerful novel -- Lissa Evans, author of Old Baggage and Crooked HeartA social history told through 2 generations of the same family. Beautiful & funny & moving. And a hugely hopeful read for our strange new world -- Sarah Franklin, author of ShelterThe Blind Light is staged on a far grander scale than its predecessor. Submerged currents from the cold war guide the plotline . . . [Lyrical but precise descriptions] are the moments when The Blind Light shines most brightly * Financial Times *A sprawling, absorbing, epic crossing generations * Cumbria Life *Subtle and sombre . . . Love, luck, debts and domestic life play out against a historical backdrop that takes in the Cuban Missile Crisis, strikes, civil unrest and the rise of rave culture * Sunday Express *
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Pan Macmillan The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn
Book Synopsis‘A darkly entertaining tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washington’s fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today.’ New York Times At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing – seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear – to some – that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. The Quiet Americans chronicles the exploits of four spies – Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern family, Peter Sichel, a sophisticated German Jew who escaped the Nazis, and Edward Lansdale, a brilliant ad executive. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia. But time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of stupidity and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government – and more profoundly, the decision to abandon American ideals. By the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union had a stranglehold on Eastern Europe, the US had begun its disastrous intervention in Vietnam, and America, the beacon of democracy, was overthrowing democratically elected governments and earning the hatred of much of the world. All of this culminated in an act of betrayal and cowardice that would lock the Cold War into place for decades to come. Anderson brings to the telling of this story all the narrative brio, deep research, sceptical eye, and lively prose that made Lawrence in Arabia a major international bestseller. The intertwined lives of these men began in a common purpose of defending freedom, but the ravages of the Cold War led them to different fates. Two would quit the CIA in despair, stricken by the moral compromises they had to make; one became the archetype of the duplicitous and destructive American spy; and one would be so heartbroken he would take his own life. Scott Anderson’s The Quiet Americans is the story of these four men. It is also the story of how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world.Trade ReviewEnthralling . . . Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson . . . the climate of fear and intolerance that it describes in Washington also feels uncomfortably timely. * New York Times Book Review *Anderson’s look at four men who ran covert operations around the globe after World War II is as thrilling as it is tragic, as each man confronts the moral compromises he made in the name of democracy. * Washington Post *In this sweeping, vivid, beautifully observed book, Scott Anderson unearths the devastating secret history of how the United States lost the plot during the Cold War. By focusing on the twisty, colorful lives of four legendary spies, Anderson distills the larger geopolitical saga into an intimate story of flawed but talented men, of the 'disease of empires,' and of the inescapable moral hazard of American idealism and power. It's a hell of a book, with themes about the unintended consequences of espionage and interventionism that still resonate, powerfully, today. -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of The New York Times bestseller and Orwell Prize-winning Say NothingA probing history of the CIA’s evolving role from the outset of the Cold War into the 1960s, viewed through the exploits of four American spies . . . Anderson delivers a complex, massively scaled narrative, balancing prodigious research with riveting storytelling skills . . . An engrossing history of the early days of the CIA. * Kirkus Reviews *A darkly entertaining tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washington’s fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today. * New York Times *
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Ebury Publishing A Short History of Russia
Book Synopsis'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia?Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone's 'other'. And yet it is one of the most powerful nations on earth, a master game-player on the global stage with a rich history of war and peace, poets and revolutionaries. In this essential whistle-stop tour of the world's most complex nation, Mark Galeotti takes us behind the myths to the heart of the Russian story: from the formation of a nation to its early legends - including Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great - to the rise and fall of the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution, the Cold War, Chernobyl and the end of the Soviet Union - plus the rise of a politician named Vladimir Putin, and the events leading to the Ukrainian war.Trade ReviewThis is terrific - and an amazing achievement to cover so much ground in such a short and wonderfully readable book. * Peter Frankopan *An informative, perceptive and exhilarating canter through 1,000 tumultuous years * Spectator *Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia * Financial Times *
£11.69
John Murray Press Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That
Book Synopsis'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyBerlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reichstag in the spring of 1945. Streets were choked with rubble, power supplies severed and the population close to starvation. The arrival of the Soviet army heralded yet greater terrors: the city's civilians were to suffer rape, looting and horrific violence. Worse still, they faced a future with neither certainty nor hope.Berlin's fate had been sealed four months earlier at the Yalta Conference. The city, along with the rest of Germany, was to be carved up between the victorious powers - British, American, French and Soviet. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution; in reality, it fired the starting gun for the Cold War. As soon as the four powers were no longer united by the common purpose of defeating Germany, they reverted to their pre-war hostility and suspicion. Rival systems, rival ideologies and rival personalities ensured that Berlin became an explosive battleground. The ruins of this once-great city were soon awash with spies, gangsters and black-marketeers, all of whom sought to profit from the disarray. For the next four years, a handful of charismatic but flawed individuals - British, American and Soviet - fought an intensely personal battle over the future of Germany, Europe and the entire free world.CHECKMATE IN BERLIN tells this exhilarating, high-stakes tale of grit, skullduggery, and raw power. From the high politics of Yalta to the desperate scramble to break the Soviet stranglehold of Berlin with the greatest aerial operation in history, this is the epic story of the first battle of the Cold War and how it shaped the modern world.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR GILES MILTON:The master of narrative history * Sunday Times *A compulsive storyteller * Daily Express *A first-rate storyteller * Wall Street Journal *A meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller * USA Today *PRAISE FOR CHECKMATE IN BERLIN:Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is, and how often and easily the Cold War could have grown red hot. From the major decision-makers in the four Allied Governments who ran the former Nazi capital, right the way down to the spooks, soldiers, crooks and civilians at street level, he has an unerring sense for the revealing incident and hitherto-untold story. * Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny' *From the Yalta Conference to the birth of NATO, Checkmate in Berlin balances the sweep of history against a group of truly extraordinary personalities. Brilliantly written and completely absorbing, this is Milton's masterpiece. * Anthony Horowitz *Giles Milton never disappoints. The man who helped to turn narrative history into one of the most popular genres in modern publishing, this latest is up there with his best. Milton paints characters so vividly, and his writing has the momentum of a novel, only better, because it's all true. * Dan Snow *A wonderfully clear and digestible account. . . The devastation wrought on Berlin by the Russians is vividly described by the British historian Giles Milton in a series of sharp vignettes. . . as gripping as any thriller. * Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday *'A sparkling, Le Carré-esque history ... Anyone who has read Milton's previous works of narrative history will know how good he is with set pieces, and at making familiar figures grab the attention afresh...But although Milton has great fun with the big players, the triumph of the book is its depiction of the men who ran things on the ground in Berlin, who in Milton's hands turn out to be figures hardly less compelling than Churchill and Stalin... Thoroughly entertaining.' ***** Daily TelegraphThe sharp-eyed narrative historian Giles Milton charts the transition from the Yalta conference in February 1945 to the breaking of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in May 1949... The Soviet blockade of Berlin between 1948 and 1949 is expertly told by Milton...This is a book full of heroes. * The Times *Giles Milton is a skillful storyteller. His latest book, vivid and pacy, chronicles the first four years of the Berlin occupation through the first-hand accounts of the individuals involved. * The Spectator *Masterful storytelling... Accessible, engaging and very entertaining, this is a superb read for anyone who wants to know more about the drama, atmosphere, politics and personalities of post-war Berlin. * Literary Review *Meticulously researched and crisply written, Giles Milton brings this epic story to exhilarating life... Popular narrative history at its very best. * Wall Street Journal *From the Yalta Conference to the birth of NATO, Checkmate in Berlin balances the sweep of history against a group of truly extraordinary personalities. Brilliantly written and completely absorbing, this is Milton's masterpiece. * Anthony Horowitz *
£23.75
John Murray Press The Stalin Affair
Book Synopsis''Delivered with flamboyance, it features a sparkling cast of chancers'' KATJA HOYER, Daily Telegraph 5* review''Page-turning . . . a sizzling high-stakes tale'' JAMES HOLLAND''This book might read like the screenplay of a gripping movie, yet every word is accurate and verified'' ANDREW ROBERTS''Giles Milton is a phenomenon'' DAN SNOW''Another rollercoaster ride from Giles Milton. Endlessly surprising'' ANTHONY HOROWITZFrom internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies'' secret mission to wartime Moscow.In the summer of 1941, as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin''s forces faced a catastrophic defeat which would make the Allies'' liberation of Europe virtually impossible. To avert this disaster, Britain and America mobilized an elite team of remarkable diplomats with the mission of keeping the Red Army in the war.Into to the heart of Stalin''s Moscow Roosevelt sent Averell Harriman, the fourth richest man in America and his brilliant young daughter Kathy. Churchill dispatched the reckless but brilliant bon vivant Archie Clark Kerr - and occasionally himself - to negotiate with the Kremlin''s wiliest operators. Together, this improbable group grappled with the ingenious, mercurial Stalin to make victory possible. But they also discovered that the Soviet dictator had a terrifying masterplan for the post-war world.Based on astonishing unpublished diaries, letters and secret reports, The Stalin Affair reveals troves of new material about the most unlikely coalition in history.*Giles Milton''s The Stalin Affair was a Radio 4 Book of the Week in the week of 17th June 2024.*
£10.44
Random House The Picnic
Book SynopsisMatthew Longo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University and the award-winning author of The Politics of Borders. He lives in The Netherlands.
£11.69
Nova Science Publishers Inc Cold War: Global Impact and Lessons Learned
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/
£138.39
Rowman & Littlefield The Cold War through Documents: A Global History
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive collection of carefully edited documents—speeches, treaties, statements, and articles—traces the rise and fall of the Cold War. The sources follow the Cold War from its roots in East–West tensions at the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Set in historical context by the editors’ concise introductions and followed by thoughtful discussion questions, the documents are arranged in chronological order, starting with the Yalta Conference and ending with Gorbachev’s resignation speech. Drawing on selections from a variety of countries and leaders involved in this prolonged global struggle, the editors treat the entire Cold War as an era in world history, not just U.S. history. Their judicious selection makes the great events of the time come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved.Trade ReviewThe first Cold War between the United Sates and its allies and the former Soviet Union and its allies lasted from World War II's concluding days in 1945 until approximately 1991. This historical epoch saw many significant military confrontations and near confrontations including the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet interventions in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Afghanistan, and eventually the collapse of the Soviet bloc and German reunification. This compendium of documents includes excerpts from significant documents during the first Cold War along with contextual introductions to the background and policy developments resulting in the production of these documents. . . . This compilation is a useful introduction to some Cold War documents for undergraduate students, and the study questions presented at the end of each document are very beneficial. * American Reference Books Annual *This newly expanded collection of historical documents is intelligently chosen, balanced, and genuinely global in its reach. Students of the Cold War will find ample opportunities to develop their skills in close reading and analysis, thereby deepening their engagement with a conflict that shaped the world we inhabit today. -- Benjamin Nathans, University of PennsylvaniaAn invaluable resource for teaching undergraduates. The reader offers an excellent selection of the most significant primary sources for studying the major periods and events of the Cold War. Instructors will especially appreciate the dual chronological and thematic organization of the documents, the broader global context, the lucid introductions that provide insightful context, and discussion questions that help students master the content while also encouraging them to apply their understanding of the source to larger Cold War interpretative and comparative inquiries. This volume includes classic documents such as the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine, and the Iron Curtain speech, as well as translations of sources that illuminate policies and perspectives of Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, and other non-Western state leaders at key moments in the Cold War. -- Elaine MacKinnon, University of West GeorgiaThis superb collection of documents covers the entire period of the Cold War, from the closing months of World War II in 1945 to the disintegration of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. The book is a truly international survey covering all aspects of the Cold War, not just the U.S.-Soviet standoff. The editors have chosen their sources extremely well and have provided valuable, even-handed prefatory comments for each topic. Highly recommended as a text for classes on twentieth-century history, international relations, and the history of the Cold War. -- Mark Kramer, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1950 1 The Yalta Conference, February 1945 A. Declaration on Poland B. Agreement Regarding Soviet Entry into the War against Japan 2 The Potsdam Conference, July–August 1945 Excerpts from the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference Report, 2 August 1945 3 The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945 Statement by President Truman, 6 August 1945 4 Ho Chi Minh’s Declaration of Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945 Excerpts from Ho Chi Minh’s Speech Declaring Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945 5 Stalin’s Election Speech, February 1946 Highlights of Stalin’s Election Speech, 9 February 1946 6 Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946 A. Highlights of Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech, 5 March 1946 B. Excerpts from Pravda’s Interview with Stalin, March 1946 7 The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic Weapons, 1946 A. Speech by Bernard Baruch to the UN Atomic Energy Commission, 14 June 1946 B. Draft International Agreement to Forbid the Production and Use of Atomic Weapons, Proposed by Andrei Gromyko on 19 June 1946 8 The Truman Doctrine, 1947 President Truman’s Speech to the Nation, 12 March 1947 9 The Marshall Plan, 1947 Marshall’s Commencement Address at Harvard University, 5 June 1947 10 George F. Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” 1947 The Sources of Soviet Conduct 11 The Rio Treaty, 1947 The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), 2 September 1947 12 Zhdanov and the Cominform on the Imperialist and Anti- Imperialist Camps, 1947 A. Zhdanov’s Report on the International Situation, 22 September 1947 B. Manifesto Proclaiming the Cominform, 5 October 1947 C. Resolution of the Conference of Communist Parties on Establishing the Cominform, 5 October 1947 13 The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948 A. Letter from President Benes to the Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium, 24 February 1948 B. Reply by the Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium to the Letter of President Benes, 25 February 1948 14 The Treaty of Brussels, 1948 Excerpts from the Treaty of Brussels, 17 March 1948 15 The Expulsion of Tito from the Communist Bloc, 1948 Cominform Resolution on the Situation in Yugoslavia, 28 June 1948 16 The Berlin Blockade, 1948–1949 Note from Secretary of State Marshall to the Soviet Ambassador, 6 July 1948 17 The NATO Alliance, 1949 The Treaty of Washington (North Atlantic Treaty), 4 April 1949 18 Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China, 1949 Secretary of State Acheson’s Letter of Transmittal for US State Department “White Paper” on China, 30 July 1949 19 Mao Proclaims the People’s Republic of China, 1 October 1949 Mao’s Statement Proclaiming the People’s Republic of China, 1 October 1949 20 The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, February 1950 A. Communique Announcing the Soviet-Chinese Treaty, 14 February 1950 B. Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Aid between the USSR and the Chinese People’s Republic Part II: The Global Confrontation, 1950–1960 21 McCarthy on “Communists” in the US Government, 1950 Excerpts from a Speech by Senator McCarthy to the US Senate, 20 February 1950 22 Acheson on the American Defense Perimeter in Asia, 1950 Excerpts from Acheson’s Speech to the National Press Club, 12 January 1950 23 NSC-68: American Cold War Strategy, 1950 Excerpts from NSC-68 (Report to the President, 7 April 1950) 24 The Korean War, 1950–1953 A. Statement by President Truman, 27 June 1950 B. Resolution of the United Nations Security Council, 27 June 1950 C. Telegram from Mao Zedong to Joseph Stalin on Sending Chinese Troops into Korea, 2 October 1950 D. Telegram from Mao to Zhou Enlai in Moscow on Sending Chinese Troops into Korea, 13 October 1950 E. Excerpts from the Panmunjom Armistice Agreement, 27 July 1953 25 Dulles on “Massive Retaliation,” 1954 Highlights of Dulles’s Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, 12 January 1954 26 The Geneva Accords Regarding Indochina, 1954 Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference, 21 July 1954 27 The SEATO Alliance, 1954 Highlights of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, 8 September 1954 28 The Bandung Asian-African Conference, 1955 A. Excerpts from Speech by Indonesian President Sukarno at the Opening of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, 18 April 1955 B. Excerpts from Speech by India’s Prime Minister Nehru to the Bandung Conference Political Committee, April 1955 C. Principles of the Bandung Conference’s “Declaration on the Promotion of World Peace and Cooperation,” 24 April 1955 29 The Warsaw Pact, 1955 The Warsaw Security Pact, 14 May 1955 30 Khrushchev on Peaceful Coexistence, 1956 Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Report to the Twentieth Party Congress, 14 February 1956 31 Khrushchev’s Secret Speech on Stalin and His Crimes, 1956 Highlights of Khrushchev’s Secret Speech to the Twentieth Party Congress, 25 February 1956 32 The Hungarian Rebellion, 1956 A. Excerpts from Soviet Government Statement, 30 October 1956 B. Hungarian Appeals for Help, 4 November 1956 C. Excerpts from the Proclamation of a New Hungarian Government, 4 November 1956 33 The Suez Crisis, 1956 A. Withdrawal of US Support for the Aswan Dam Project, 19 July 1956 B. President Nasser’s Speech Nationalizing the Suez Canal Company, 26 July 1956 C. Excerpts from President Eisenhower’s Address, 31 October 1956 34 The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957 A. Excerpts from Eisenhower’s Message to Congress on the Middle East, 5 January 1957 B. Joint Congressional Resolution to Promote Peace and Stability in the Middle East, Approved by the President on 9 March 1957 35 Europe’s Common Market: The Treaty of Rome, 1957 Excerpts from the Treaty of Rome, 25 March 1957 36 China’s “Great Leap Forward,” 1958–1960 A. Liu Shaoqi on the Progress and Goals of the “Great Leap Forward,” 1958 B. Excerpts from “Hold High the Red Flag of People’s Communes,” 3 September 1958 37 Harold Macmillan’s “Wind of Change” Speech, 1960 Excerpts from the Speech of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of the Union of South Africa, 3 February 1960 38 The U-2 Affair and Collapse of the Paris Summit, May 1960 A. Statement by US Department of State, 5 May 1960 B. Statement by US Department of State, 7 May 1960 C. Soviet Note on the U-2 Incident, 10 May 1960 D. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Statement at Paris, 16 May 1960 E. Excerpts from Eisenhower’s Broadcast Address, 25 May 1960 39 The Congo Crisis, 1960 A. Telegram from President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba to Premier Khrushchev, 14 July 1960 B. Reply of Premier Khrushchev to President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba, 15 July 1960 C. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s Address to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congo, 15 July 1960 40 Castro on the Cuban Revolution, 1960 Excerpts from Castro’s Address to the UN General Assembly, 26 September 1960 Part III: Crisis and Conflict, 1961–1969 41 Khrushchev on “Wars of National Liberation,” January 1961 Excerpts from Address by Soviet Premier Khrushchev to a Meeting of Communist Party Organizations in Moscow, 6 January 1961 42 Kwame Nkrumah on the Need for African Unity, 1961 Excerpt from Kwame Nkrumah, I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology, 1961 43 Eisenhower’s Farewell Address on the Military-Industrial Complex, 17 January 1961 Excerpts from President Eisenhower’s Televised Speech, 17 January 1961 44 Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961 Excerpts from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 45 The Berlin Crisis, 1961 A. Kennedy’s Report to the Nation on Berlin, 25 July 1961 B. US Note Protesting Closure of East Berlin Border, 17 August 1961 C. Soviet Response to the US Protest, 18 August 1961 46 The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 A. Highlights of Kennedy’s Address to the Nation and the World, 22 October 1962 B. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Message to Kennedy, 26 October 1962 C. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Message to Kennedy, 27 October 1962 D. Excerpt from Kennedy’s Response to Khrushchev, 27 October 1962 47 Kennedy’s “Peace Speech” at American University, June 1963 Excerpts from Kennedy’s Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963 48 Kennedy’s Berlin Speech, June 1963: “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” Excerpts from Kennedy’s Speech in Berlin, 26 June 1963 49 The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, August 1963 Excerpts from the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 5 August 1963 50 The Sino-Soviet Split, 1960–1964 A. Excerpts from Chinese Publication “Long Live Leninism,” April 1960 B. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Closing Remarks at the 22nd Party Congress, 27 October 1961 C. Excerpts from Open Letter of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party to All Soviet Communists, 14 July 1963 D. Excerpts from “On Khrushchev’s Phony Communism and Its Historical Lessons for the World,” 1964 51 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 10 August 1964 52 Lin Biao, “Long Live the Victory of People’s War,” 1965 Excerpts from “Long Live the Victory of People’s War,” 3 September 1965 53 Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, 1965–1968 A. Johnson’s Speech at Johns Hopkins University, 7 April 1965 B. Johnson’s Address to the Nation, 31 March 1968 54 China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966–1969 A. Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 8 August 1966 B. Excerpts from the “Little Red Book,” Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung 55 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, July 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968 56 The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968 A. Statement of Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium, 21 August 1968 B. Statement of Soviet News Agency (TASS), 21 August 1968 C. Excerpts from Zhou Enlai’s Speech at the Romanian Embassy, 23 August 1968 57 The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968 A. Excerpt from “Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries,” Pravda, 26 September 1968 B. Excerpt from Brezhnev’s Remarks to the Polish Party Congress, 12 November 1968 58 The Soviet-Chinese Border Conflict, 1969 A. Note from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Soviet Embassy in China, 2 March 1969 B. Statement by Soviet Government, 29 March 1969 59 The Nixon Doctrine, 1969 A. Excerpts from Nixon’s Remarks at Guam, 25 July 1969 B. Excerpts from Nixon’s Address to the Nation, 3 November 1969 Part IV: The Era of Détente, 1969–1979 60 Salvador Allende’s Freely Elected Marxist Government in Chile, 1970–1973 A. Excerpts from Salvador Allende’s Inaugural Address, 5 November 1970 B. Address by Salvador Allende to UN General Assembly, 4 December 1972 C. Excerpts from Salvador Allende’s Last Words, Broadcast over Radio Magallanes, 11 September 1973 61 The Berlin Accords, September 1971 Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, 3 September 1971 62 Nixon’s China Visit: The Shanghai Communique, February 1972 Excerpts from the Communique Issued at Shanghai, 27 February 1972 63 The ABM Treaty and SALT I, 1972 A. Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, 26 May 1972 B. Interim Agreement on Certain Measures with Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (SALT I), 26 May 1972 64 The US Withdrawal from Vietnam, January 1973 A. Nixon’s Address to the Nation, 23 January 1973 B. The Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973 65 The October War in the Middle East, 1973 A. UN Security Council Resolution 338, Passed on 22 October 1973 B. Israel Accepts the Cease-Fire, 22 October 1973 C. Egypt Accepts the Cease-Fire, 22 October 1973 66 Deng Xiaoping’s “Three Worlds” Speech, April 1974 252 Highlights of Speech by Chinese Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping to the UN General Assembly, 10 April 1974 67 The Vladivostok Summit, 1974 A. Agreement Concluded at Vladivostok, 24 November 1974 B. Excerpt from President Ford’s Statement, 2 December 1974 68 The Helsinki Final Act, 1975 Excerpts from Declaration Signed at Helsinki, 1 August 1975 69 The Cambodian Genocide, 1975–1979 263 Genocide in Cambodia: Judgment of the “People’s Tribunal,” 19 August 1979 70 Carter on Human Rights, 1977 Carter’s Address to the United Nations, 17 March 1977 71 Peace between Egypt and Israel, 1977–1979 A. Excerpt from Sadat’s Speech in Israel, 20 November 1977 B. Framework for Peace Agreed to at Camp David, 17 September 1978 C. Treaty between Egypt and Israel, 26 March 1979 72 The Normalization of US-Chinese Relations, 1978–1979 A. Carter’s Statement on Opening Ties with China, 15 December 1978 B. Statement by the People’s Republic of China 73 The SALT II Agreement, 1979 Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (SALT II), 18 June 1979 Part V: The Renewal of the Cold War, 1979–1985 74 The Creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, 1979 Excerpts from Khomeini’s Letter to Gorbachev, 1989 75 The Euromissile Controversy, 1979 A. Brezhnev’s Condemnation of NATO’s Plans, 6 October 1979 B. NATO Communique on “Dual Track” Approach, 12 December 1979 76 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979 A. Carter’s Statement on Iran and Afghanistan, 28 December 1979 B. Carter’s Interview Concerning the Soviet Response to His Protest Note on the Invasion of Afghanistan, 31 December 1979 C. Brezhnev’s Explanation of the Soviet Role in Afghanistan, 12 January 1980 77 The Carter Doctrine, January 1980 Excerpt from Carter’s State of the Union Address, 23 January 1980 78 Reagan’s Anti-Soviet Rhetoric, 1981–1983 A. Excerpt from President Reagan’s First Press Conference, 29 January 1981 B. Excerpt from Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech, 8 March 1983 79 Reagan’s Arms Control Proposals, November 1981 Excerpt from Reagan’s Address on Arms Reduction, 18 November 1981 80 The Polish Imposition of Martial Law, December 1981 A. General Jaruzelski’s Radio Address, 13 December 1981 B. Excerpts from the Decree Imposing Martial Law 81 Andropov’s Peace Offensive, 1982 Excerpts from Andropov’s Speech on Reductions in Nuclear Missiles, 21 December 1982 82 Reagan’s “Star Wars” Speech, 1983 Excerpts from Reagan’s Televised Speech, 23 March 1983 83 The Nuclear Freeze Resolution, 1983 Highlights of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Resolution Passed by the House of Representatives, 4 May 1983 84 The KAL 007 Incident, 1983 Statement by Secretary of State George Shultz on Soviet Downing of Korean Jetliner, 1 September 1983 Part VI: The End of the Cold War, 1985–1991 85 The Geneva Summit, 1985 A. Excerpts from Joint Soviet-American Statement on the Geneva Summit, 21 November 1985 B. Remarks by General Secretary Gorbachev C. Remarks by President Reagan 86 The Reykjavik Summit, 1986 Excerpts from Gorbachev’s Statement in Reykjavik, 12 October 1986 87 Reagan’s 1987 Berlin Speech: “Tear Down This Wall” Highlights of Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech, 12 June 1987 88 The INF Treaty, December 1987 Treaty on Intermediate and Shorter Range Nuclear Forces, 8 December 1987 89 The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988–1989 Gorbachev’s Statement on Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 8 February 1988 90 Gorbachev’s UN Address, December 1988 Excerpts from Gorbachev’s Speech to the United Nations, 7 December 1988 91 The Tiananmen Square Massacre, June 1989 A. Li Peng’s Speech on Behalf of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and State Council, 19 May 1989 B. Deng Xiaoping’s Speech to Martial Law Units, 9 June 1989 92 The Opening of the Berlin Wall, November 1989 Statement Allowing East Germans to Travel Abroad or Emigrate, 9 November 1989 93 NATO’s London Declaration on the End of the Cold War, July 1990 The London Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance, 6 July 1990 94 The Kohl-Gorbachev Agreement on German Unification, July 1990 A. Statement by Helmut Kohl, 16 July 1990 B. Statement by Mikhail Gorbachev, 16 July 1990 95 The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), July 1991 Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 31 July 1991 96 The Attempted Coup in the USSR, August 1991 A. Announcement on Gorbachev’s Removal and Formation of Emergency Committee, 19 August 1991 B. Yeltsin’s Call to Resist the Coup Attempt, 19 August 1991 C. President Bush’s Statement on the Soviet Coup, 19 August 1991 D. Excerpts from Soviet Television Report, 21 August 1991 97 Gorbachev’s Resignation Speech, December 1991 Highlights of Gorbachev’s Resignation Speech, 25 December 1991
£83.70
Rowman & Littlefield The Cold War through Documents: A Global History
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive collection of carefully edited documents—speeches, treaties, statements, and articles—traces the rise and fall of the Cold War. The sources follow the Cold War from its roots in East–West tensions at the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Set in historical context by the editors’ concise introductions and followed by thoughtful discussion questions, the documents are arranged in chronological order, starting with the Yalta Conference and ending with Gorbachev’s resignation speech. Drawing on selections from a variety of countries and leaders involved in this prolonged global struggle, the editors treat the entire Cold War as an era in world history, not just U.S. history. Their judicious selection makes the great events of the time come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved.Trade ReviewThe first Cold War between the United Sates and its allies and the former Soviet Union and its allies lasted from World War II's concluding days in 1945 until approximately 1991. This historical epoch saw many significant military confrontations and near confrontations including the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet interventions in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Afghanistan, and eventually the collapse of the Soviet bloc and German reunification. This compendium of documents includes excerpts from significant documents during the first Cold War along with contextual introductions to the background and policy developments resulting in the production of these documents…. This compilation is a useful introduction to some Cold War documents for undergraduate students, and the study questions presented at the end of each document are very beneficial. * American Reference Books Annual *This newly expanded collection of historical documents is intelligently chosen, balanced, and genuinely global in its reach. Students of the Cold War will find ample opportunities to develop their skills in close reading and analysis, thereby deepening their engagement with a conflict that shaped the world we inhabit today. -- Benjamin Nathans, University of PennsylvaniaAn invaluable resource for teaching undergraduates. The reader offers an excellent selection of the most significant primary sources for studying the major periods and events of the Cold War. Instructors will especially appreciate the dual chronological and thematic organization of the documents, the broader global context, the lucid introductions that provide insightful context, and discussion questions that help students master the content while also encouraging them to apply their understanding of the source to larger Cold War interpretative and comparative inquiries. This volume includes classic documents such as the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine, and the Iron Curtain speech, as well as translations of sources that illuminate policies and perspectives of Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, and other non-Western state leaders at key moments in the Cold War. -- Elaine MacKinnon, University of West GeorgiaThis superb collection of documents covers the entire period of the Cold War, from the closing months of World War II in 1945 to the disintegration of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. The book is a truly international survey covering all aspects of the Cold War, not just the U.S.-Soviet standoff. The editors have chosen their sources extremely well and have provided valuable, even-handed prefatory comments for each topic. Highly recommended as a text for classes on twentieth-century history, international relations, and the history of the Cold War. -- Mark Kramer, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1950 1 The Yalta Conference, February 1945 A. Declaration on Poland B. Agreement Regarding Soviet Entry into the War against Japan 2 The Potsdam Conference, July–August 1945 Excerpts from the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference Report, 2 August 1945 3 The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945 Statement by President Truman, 6 August 1945 4 Ho Chi Minh’s Declaration of Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945 Excerpts from Ho Chi Minh’s Speech Declaring Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945 5 Stalin’s Election Speech, February 1946 Highlights of Stalin’s Election Speech, 9 February 1946 6 Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946 A. Highlights of Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech, 5 March 1946 B. Excerpts from Pravda’s Interview with Stalin, March 1946 7 The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic Weapons, 1946 A. Speech by Bernard Baruch to the UN Atomic Energy Commission, 14 June 1946 B. Draft International Agreement to Forbid the Production and Use of Atomic Weapons, Proposed by Andrei Gromyko on 19 June 1946 8 The Truman Doctrine, 1947 President Truman’s Speech to the Nation, 12 March 1947 9 The Marshall Plan, 1947 Marshall’s Commencement Address at Harvard University, 5 June 1947 10 George F. Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” 1947 The Sources of Soviet Conduct 11 The Rio Treaty, 1947 The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), 2 September 1947 12 Zhdanov and the Cominform on the Imperialist and Anti- Imperialist Camps, 1947 A. Zhdanov’s Report on the International Situation, 22 September 1947 B. Manifesto Proclaiming the Cominform, 5 October 1947 C. Resolution of the Conference of Communist Parties on Establishing the Cominform, 5 October 1947 13 The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948 A. Letter from President Benes to the Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium, 24 February 1948 B. Reply by the Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium to the Letter of President Benes, 25 February 1948 14 The Treaty of Brussels, 1948 Excerpts from the Treaty of Brussels, 17 March 1948 15 The Expulsion of Tito from the Communist Bloc, 1948 Cominform Resolution on the Situation in Yugoslavia, 28 June 1948 16 The Berlin Blockade, 1948–1949 Note from Secretary of State Marshall to the Soviet Ambassador, 6 July 1948 17 The NATO Alliance, 1949 The Treaty of Washington (North Atlantic Treaty), 4 April 1949 18 Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China, 1949 Secretary of State Acheson’s Letter of Transmittal for US State Department “White Paper” on China, 30 July 1949 19 Mao Proclaims the People’s Republic of China, 1 October 1949 Mao’s Statement Proclaiming the People’s Republic of China, 1 October 1949 20 The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, February 1950 A. Communique Announcing the Soviet-Chinese Treaty, 14 February 1950 B. Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Aid between the USSR and the Chinese People’s Republic Part II: The Global Confrontation, 1950–1960 21 McCarthy on “Communists” in the US Government, 1950 Excerpts from a Speech by Senator McCarthy to the US Senate, 20 February 1950 22 Acheson on the American Defense Perimeter in Asia, 1950 Excerpts from Acheson’s Speech to the National Press Club, 12 January 1950 23 NSC-68: American Cold War Strategy, 1950 Excerpts from NSC-68 (Report to the President, 7 April 1950) 24 The Korean War, 1950–1953 A. Statement by President Truman, 27 June 1950 B. Resolution of the United Nations Security Council, 27 June 1950 C. Telegram from Mao Zedong to Joseph Stalin on Sending Chinese Troops into Korea, 2 October 1950 D. Telegram from Mao to Zhou Enlai in Moscow on Sending Chinese Troops into Korea, 13 October 1950 E. Excerpts from the Panmunjom Armistice Agreement, 27 July 1953 25 Dulles on “Massive Retaliation,” 1954 Highlights of Dulles’s Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, 12 January 1954 26 The Geneva Accords Regarding Indochina, 1954 Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference, 21 July 1954 27 The SEATO Alliance, 1954 Highlights of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, 8 September 1954 28 The Bandung Asian-African Conference, 1955 A. Excerpts from Speech by Indonesian President Sukarno at the Opening of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, 18 April 1955 B. Excerpts from Speech by India’s Prime Minister Nehru to the Bandung Conference Political Committee, April 1955 C. Principles of the Bandung Conference’s “Declaration on the Promotion of World Peace and Cooperation,” 24 April 1955 29 The Warsaw Pact, 1955 The Warsaw Security Pact, 14 May 1955 30 Khrushchev on Peaceful Coexistence, 1956 Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Report to the Twentieth Party Congress, 14 February 1956 31 Khrushchev’s Secret Speech on Stalin and His Crimes, 1956 Highlights of Khrushchev’s Secret Speech to the Twentieth Party Congress, 25 February 1956 32 The Hungarian Rebellion, 1956 A. Excerpts from Soviet Government Statement, 30 October 1956 B. Hungarian Appeals for Help, 4 November 1956 C. Excerpts from the Proclamation of a New Hungarian Government, 4 November 1956 33 The Suez Crisis, 1956 A. Withdrawal of US Support for the Aswan Dam Project, 19 July 1956 B. President Nasser’s Speech Nationalizing the Suez Canal Company, 26 July 1956 C. Excerpts from President Eisenhower’s Address, 31 October 1956 34 The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957 A. Excerpts from Eisenhower’s Message to Congress on the Middle East, 5 January 1957 B. Joint Congressional Resolution to Promote Peace and Stability in the Middle East, Approved by the President on 9 March 1957 35 Europe’s Common Market: The Treaty of Rome, 1957 Excerpts from the Treaty of Rome, 25 March 1957 36 China’s “Great Leap Forward,” 1958–1960 A. Liu Shaoqi on the Progress and Goals of the “Great Leap Forward,” 1958 B. Excerpts from “Hold High the Red Flag of People’s Communes,” 3 September 1958 37 Harold Macmillan’s “Wind of Change” Speech, 1960 Excerpts from the Speech of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to the Parliament of the Union of South Africa, 3 February 1960 38 The U-2 Affair and Collapse of the Paris Summit, May 1960 A. Statement by US Department of State, 5 May 1960 B. Statement by US Department of State, 7 May 1960 C. Soviet Note on the U-2 Incident, 10 May 1960 D. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Statement at Paris, 16 May 1960 E. Excerpts from Eisenhower’s Broadcast Address, 25 May 1960 39 The Congo Crisis, 1960 A. Telegram from President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba to Premier Khrushchev, 14 July 1960 B. Reply of Premier Khrushchev to President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba, 15 July 1960 C. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s Address to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congo, 15 July 1960 40 Castro on the Cuban Revolution, 1960 Excerpts from Castro’s Address to the UN General Assembly, 26 September 1960 Part III: Crisis and Conflict, 1961–1969 41 Khrushchev on “Wars of National Liberation,” January 1961 Excerpts from Address by Soviet Premier Khrushchev to a Meeting of Communist Party Organizations in Moscow, 6 January 1961 42 Kwame Nkrumah on the Need for African Unity, 1961 Excerpt from Kwame Nkrumah, I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology, 1961 43 Eisenhower’s Farewell Address on the Military-Industrial Complex, 17 January 1961 Excerpts from President Eisenhower’s Televised Speech, 17 January 1961 44 Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961 Excerpts from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 45 The Berlin Crisis, 1961 A. Kennedy’s Report to the Nation on Berlin, 25 July 1961 B. US Note Protesting Closure of East Berlin Border, 17 August 1961 C. Soviet Response to the US Protest, 18 August 1961 46 The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 A. Highlights of Kennedy’s Address to the Nation and the World, 22 October 1962 B. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Message to Kennedy, 26 October 1962 C. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Message to Kennedy, 27 October 1962 D. Excerpt from Kennedy’s Response to Khrushchev, 27 October 1962 47 Kennedy’s “Peace Speech” at American University, June 1963 Excerpts from Kennedy’s Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963 48 Kennedy’s Berlin Speech, June 1963: “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” Excerpts from Kennedy’s Speech in Berlin, 26 June 1963 49 The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, August 1963 Excerpts from the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 5 August 1963 50 The Sino-Soviet Split, 1960–1964 A. Excerpts from Chinese Publication “Long Live Leninism,” April 1960 B. Excerpts from Khrushchev’s Closing Remarks at the 22nd Party Congress, 27 October 1961 C. Excerpts from Open Letter of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party to All Soviet Communists, 14 July 1963 D. Excerpts from “On Khrushchev’s Phony Communism and Its Historical Lessons for the World,” 1964 51 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 10 August 1964 52 Lin Biao, “Long Live the Victory of People’s War,” 1965 Excerpts from “Long Live the Victory of People’s War,” 3 September 1965 53 Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, 1965–1968 A. Johnson’s Speech at Johns Hopkins University, 7 April 1965 B. Johnson’s Address to the Nation, 31 March 1968 54 China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966–1969 A. Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 8 August 1966 B. Excerpts from the “Little Red Book,” Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung 55 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, July 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968 56 The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968 A. Statement of Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium, 21 August 1968 B. Statement of Soviet News Agency (TASS), 21 August 1968 C. Excerpts from Zhou Enlai’s Speech at the Romanian Embassy, 23 August 1968 57 The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968 A. Excerpt from “Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries,” Pravda, 26 September 1968 B. Excerpt from Brezhnev’s Remarks to the Polish Party Congress, 12 November 1968 58 The Soviet-Chinese Border Conflict, 1969 A. Note from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Soviet Embassy in China, 2 March 1969 B. Statement by Soviet Government, 29 March 1969 59 The Nixon Doctrine, 1969 A. Excerpts from Nixon’s Remarks at Guam, 25 July 1969 B. Excerpts from Nixon’s Address to the Nation, 3 November 1969 Part IV: The Era of Détente, 1969–1979 60 Salvador Allende’s Freely Elected Marxist Government in Chile, 1970–1973 A. Excerpts from Salvador Allende’s Inaugural Address, 5 November 1970 B. Address by Salvador Allende to UN General Assembly, 4 December 1972 C. Excerpts from Salvador Allende’s Last Words, Broadcast over Radio Magallanes, 11 September 1973 61 The Berlin Accords, September 1971 Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, 3 September 1971 62 Nixon’s China Visit: The Shanghai Communique, February 1972 Excerpts from the Communique Issued at Shanghai, 27 February 1972 63 The ABM Treaty and SALT I, 1972 A. Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, 26 May 1972 B. Interim Agreement on Certain Measures with Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (SALT I), 26 May 1972 64 The US Withdrawal from Vietnam, January 1973 A. Nixon’s Address to the Nation, 23 January 1973 B. The Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973 65 The October War in the Middle East, 1973 A. UN Security Council Resolution 338, Passed on 22 October 1973 B. Israel Accepts the Cease-Fire, 22 October 1973 C. Egypt Accepts the Cease-Fire, 22 October 1973 66 Deng Xiaoping’s “Three Worlds” Speech, April 1974 252 Highlights of Speech by Chinese Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping to the UN General Assembly, 10 April 1974 67 The Vladivostok Summit, 1974 A. Agreement Concluded at Vladivostok, 24 November 1974 B. Excerpt from President Ford’s Statement, 2 December 1974 68 The Helsinki Final Act, 1975 Excerpts from Declaration Signed at Helsinki, 1 August 1975 69 The Cambodian Genocide, 1975–1979 263 Genocide in Cambodia: Judgment of the “People’s Tribunal,” 19 August 1979 70 Carter on Human Rights, 1977 Carter’s Address to the United Nations, 17 March 1977 71 Peace between Egypt and Israel, 1977–1979 A. Excerpt from Sadat’s Speech in Israel, 20 November 1977 B. Framework for Peace Agreed to at Camp David, 17 September 1978 C. Treaty between Egypt and Israel, 26 March 1979 72 The Normalization of US-Chinese Relations, 1978–1979 A. Carter’s Statement on Opening Ties with China, 15 December 1978 B. Statement by the People’s Republic of China 73 The SALT II Agreement, 1979 Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (SALT II), 18 June 1979 Part V: The Renewal of the Cold War, 1979–1985 74 The Creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, 1979 Excerpts from Khomeini’s Letter to Gorbachev, 1989 75 The Euromissile Controversy, 1979 A. Brezhnev’s Condemnation of NATO’s Plans, 6 October 1979 B. NATO Communique on “Dual Track” Approach, 12 December 1979 76 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979 A. Carter’s Statement on Iran and Afghanistan, 28 December 1979 B. Carter’s Interview Concerning the Soviet Response to His Protest Note on the Invasion of Afghanistan, 31 December 1979 C. Brezhnev’s Explanation of the Soviet Role in Afghanistan, 12 January 1980 77 The Carter Doctrine, January 1980 Excerpt from Carter’s State of the Union Address, 23 January 1980 78 Reagan’s Anti-Soviet Rhetoric, 1981–1983 A. Excerpt from President Reagan’s First Press Conference, 29 January 1981 B. Excerpt from Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech, 8 March 1983 79 Reagan’s Arms Control Proposals, November 1981 Excerpt from Reagan’s Address on Arms Reduction, 18 November 1981 80 The Polish Imposition of Martial Law, December 1981 A. General Jaruzelski’s Radio Address, 13 December 1981 B. Excerpts from the Decree Imposing Martial Law 81 Andropov’s Peace Offensive, 1982 Excerpts from Andropov’s Speech on Reductions in Nuclear Missiles, 21 December 1982 82 Reagan’s “Star Wars” Speech, 1983 Excerpts from Reagan’s Televised Speech, 23 March 1983 83 The Nuclear Freeze Resolution, 1983 Highlights of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Resolution Passed by the House of Representatives, 4 May 1983 84 The KAL 007 Incident, 1983 Statement by Secretary of State George Shultz on Soviet Downing of Korean Jetliner, 1 September 1983 Part VI: The End of the Cold War, 1985–1991 85 The Geneva Summit, 1985 A. Excerpts from Joint Soviet-American Statement on the Geneva Summit, 21 November 1985 B. Remarks by General Secretary Gorbachev C. Remarks by President Reagan 86 The Reykjavik Summit, 1986 Excerpts from Gorbachev’s Statement in Reykjavik, 12 October 1986 87 Reagan’s 1987 Berlin Speech: “Tear Down This Wall” Highlights of Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech, 12 June 1987 88 The INF Treaty, December 1987 Treaty on Intermediate and Shorter Range Nuclear Forces, 8 December 1987 89 The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988–1989 Gorbachev’s Statement on Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 8 February 1988 90 Gorbachev’s UN Address, December 1988 Excerpts from Gorbachev’s Speech to the United Nations, 7 December 1988 91 The Tiananmen Square Massacre, June 1989 A. Li Peng’s Speech on Behalf of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and State Council, 19 May 1989 B. Deng Xiaoping’s Speech to Martial Law Units, 9 June 1989 92 The Opening of the Berlin Wall, November 1989 Statement Allowing East Germans to Travel Abroad or Emigrate, 9 November 1989 93 NATO’s London Declaration on the End of the Cold War, July 1990 The London Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance, 6 July 1990 94 The Kohl-Gorbachev Agreement on German Unification, July 1990 A. Statement by Helmut Kohl, 16 July 1990 B. Statement by Mikhail Gorbachev, 16 July 1990 95 The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), July 1991 Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 31 July 1991 96 The Attempted Coup in the USSR, August 1991 A. Announcement on Gorbachev’s Removal and Formation of Emergency Committee, 19 August 1991 B. Yeltsin’s Call to Resist the Coup Attempt, 19 August 1991 C. President Bush’s Statement on the Soviet Coup, 19 August 1991 D. Excerpts from Soviet Television Report, 21 August 1991 97 Gorbachev’s Resignation Speech, December 1991 Highlights of Gorbachev’s Resignation Speech, 25 December 1991
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PublicAffairs,U.S. In True Face
Book SynopsisIn this “extraordinarily brave and entertaining book” (Sonia Purnell, New York Times–bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA’s Office of Technical Service.In True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez’s high-stakes work—how this savvy operator parlayed her “everywoman” appeal into incredible subterfuge—but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it.
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University of Massachusetts Press Upstaging the Cold War: American Dissent and
Book SynopsisTraditional interpretations of the 1950s have emphasised how American anti-communists deployed censorship and the blacklist to silence dissent, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. Yet those efforts at repression did not always succeed. Throughout the early years of the Cold War, a significant number of writers and performers continued to express controversial views about international relations in Hollywood films, through the new medium of television, on the Broadway stage, and from behind the scenes. By promoting superpower co-operation, decolonisation, nuclear disarmament, and other taboo causes, dissident artists such as Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Rod Serling, Dalton Trumbo, Reginald Rose, and Paddy Chayefsky managed both to stretch the boundaries of Cold War ideology and to undermine some of its basic assumptions. Working at times under assumed names and in some cases outside the United States, they took on the role of informal diplomats who competed with Washington in representing America to the world. Ironically, the dissidents’ international appeal eventually persuaded the U.S. foreign policy establishment that their unconventional views could be an asset in the Cold War contest for “hearts and minds,” and their artistic work an effective means to sell American values and culture abroad. By the end of the 1950s, the Eisenhower administration not only appropriated the work of these talented artists but enlisted some of them to serve as official voices of Cold War cultural diplomacy.
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University of Massachusetts Press A Call to Conscience: The Anti-Contra War
Book SynopsisUnlike earlier U.S. interventions in Latin America, the Reagan administration’s attempt to overthrow the Sandinista government of Nicaragua during the 1980s was not allowed to proceed quietly. Tens of thousands of American citizens organised and agitated against U.S. aid to the counterrevolutionary guerrillas, known as “contras.” Believing the Contra War to be unnecessary, immoral, and illegal, they challenged the administration’s Cold War stereotypes, warned of “another Vietnam,” and called on the United States to abide by international norms. A Call to Conscience offers the first comprehensive history of the anti–Contra War campaign and its Nicaragua connections. Roger Peace places this eight-year campaign in the context of previous American interventions in Latin America, the Cold War, and other grassroots oppositional movements. Based on interviews with American and Nicaraguan citizens and leaders, archival records of activist organisations, and official government documents, this book reveals activist motivations, analyses the organisational dynamics of the anti–Contra War campaign, and contrasts perceptions of the campaign in Managua and Washington. Peace shows how a variety of civic groups and networks—religious, leftist, peace, veteran, labour, women’s rights—worked together in a decentralised campaign that involved extensive transnational cooperation.
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Navigating the Zeitgeist: A Story of the Cold
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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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Navigating the Zeitgeist: A Story of the Cold
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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Histria LLC The Diplomatic Struggle over Bessarabia
Book SynopsisConvention on the definition of aggression signed on 3 July 1933, established the borders of modern Romania.As in the case of its neighbours, Czechoslovakia and Poland, revisionist currents in Europe during the interwar period threatened Romania's newly established frontiers, one of the most serious threats being posed by the Soviet Union which sought to regain possession of Bessarabia, a Romanian territory that had been occupied by Russia from 1812-1918.This is a comprehensive account of the efforts of Romanian diplomacy during the interwar period to protect Bessarabia from the Soviet threat and the diplomatic and military events that led to the forcible occupation of the Romanian territories of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina by the Soviet Union in the summer of 1940.The author not only provides an important account of Romanian diplomacy during this period, but also sheds light on the foreign policies of the Western powers, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany in this area of Europe. It is a key work on Romanian foreign policy during the interwar period and a necessary addition to any research library.
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Kent State University Press Cold War Secrets: A Vanished Professor, A
Book SynopsisThomas Riha vanished on March 15, 1969, sparking a mystery that lives on 50 years later.A native of Prague, Czechoslovakia, Riha was a popular teacher at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a handsome man, with thick, graying hair and a wry smile. After his disappearance, the FBI and the CIA told local law enforcement and university officials that Riha was alive and well and had left Boulder to get away from his wife. But, as Eileen Welsome convincingly argues, Riha was not alive and well at all. A woman named Galya Tannenbaum, she concludes, had murdered him.Galya-a mother of four, a talented artist, and an FBI informant-allegedly went on to murder two more people in Denver as the trail to find Riha ran cold. Her weapon of choice? Cyanide. Galya was a chameleon, able to deceive businessmen and experienced investigators alike. But she had an Achilles' heel: she couldn't spell. She consistently misspelled words, such as "concider" and "extreemly."For the first time, Galya's signature misspellings are linked to documents once thought to be written by Riha and two other murder victims, as Welsome reexamines the facts and evidence of the case. She argues that these misspellings prove that Galya forged the documents and committed other murders. Her conclusion is buttressed by a wealth of additional information from police reports, depositions, and court testimony. During the Cold War era, the Riha case had an extraordinary ripple effect that reached even the highest levels of government. When the local district attorney in Colorado threatened to subpoena intelligence officials to find out who was behind the "alive and well" rumors, the CIA's representative in Denver claimed the information originated with the FBI. Director J. Edgar Hoover was infuriated by this assertion and actually cut off relations with the CIA. Presenting a compelling cast of characters in an era of intrigue and with astounding attention to detail, Eileen Welsome demonstrates why Galya Tannenbaum's alleged crimes continue to fascinate-even as her motivations remain mysterious.Trade Review"The research is breathtaking in its scope, and the author 'connects the dots' in a way that would make even the most skilled intelligence analyst proud."—Eric Haseltine, author of The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat"Welsome conjures a story that hums with fully realized characters, magnificent scenery, and a devious plot. The fact that her tale is completely true only makes it more harrowing. I hope Welsome has a safe house—her pulse-pounding exposé is bound to trigger blowback."—Kathleen Sharp, author of Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs"Pulitzer Prize author Eileen Welsome has given us a thoroughly researched conclusion to the mysterious disappearance of Professor Tom Riha. On March 18, 1969, he failed to appear to teach his class at the University of Colorado. His table was set for breakfast, and his briefcase sat on his desk in his office. Riha had vanished, never to be seen again. Shocked colleagues and friends tried for months to learn what had happened to him, to no avail. Welsome's exhaustive research has provided us with long-awaited answers."—Joyce Lebra, author of The Scent of Sake
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University of Iowa Press Neocolonial Fictions of the Global Cold War
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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PublicAffairs,U.S. The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991
Book SynopsisOn 26 December, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time. Yet, just six years earlier, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and chose Eduard Shevardnadze as his foreign minister, the Cold War seemed like a permanent fixture in world politics. Until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician foresaw that the standoff between the two superpowers--after decades of struggle over every aspect of security, politics, economics, and ideas--would end within the lifetime of the current generation. Nor was it at all obvious that that the Soviet political leadership would undertake a huge internal reform of the USSR, or that the threat of a nuclear Armageddon could or would be peacefully wound down. Drawing on pioneering archival research, Robert Service's gripping investigation of the final years of the Cold War pinpoints the extraordinary relationships between Ronald Reagan, Gorbachev, George Shultz, and Shevardnadze, who found ways to cooperate during times of exceptional change around the world. A story of American pressure and Soviet long-term decline and overstretch, The End of the Cold War: 1985--1991 shows how a small but skillful group of statesmen grew determined to end the Cold War on their watch and transformed the global political landscape irreversibly.Trade ReviewA Times [UK] Book of the Year 2015 "The denouement is well known and well told in pointillist detail... [an] admirably even-handed account, which offers a compendium of the expired secrets of the White House and Kremlin." --Wall Street Journal "The End of the Cold War [is] a massive new study of the last days of the Soviet empire... British historian Robert Service examines newly released Politburo minutes, recently available unpublished diaries, and minutely detailed negotiation records." --Boston Globe "The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991 [is] a detailed, authoritative, and illuminating account of the end of the competition that defined world politics for more than four decades." --Christian Science Monitor "The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 serves as a reminder that the hawks' memory of Reagan's Soviet diplomacy is selective and, ultimately, just plain inaccurate...Service succeed[s] in giving the reader a comprehensive account of the meetings and debates in the years leading up to the Soviet collapse." --Washington Post "Service takes the vast literature on the Cold War's end, adds newly available archival sources, and pulls it all together into a single massive history of how 'Washington and Moscow achieved their improbable peace.' ... To cover as many elements as Service does requires very tight writing, even in a big book such as this one: as a result, he settles for sentences rather than paragraphs to cover the necessary ground." --Foreign Affairs "The great nonfiction book of the year... As a serious and fascinating dive into the events that shaped our world it cannot be bettered." --Justin Webb, The Times [UK] "Authoritative and scholarly... The End of the Cold War gets all the big questions right. The world was fortunate to have leaders who brought a half-century nightmare to a peaceful conclusion, and his readers will be grateful for Robert Service's clear explanation of how and why it happened." --Claremont Review of Books "[Robert] Service's book is a great investigative achievement...[he] has given us an account, unsurpassable in its detail..." --Bookforum "A riveting read." --The Telegraph (UK) "In this authoritative and deeply informed political and diplomatic history, Service (Trotsky), a seasoned British historian specializing in studies of Soviet Russia, delivers a masterful account of the final years of the Cold War, when a small, remarkable group of statesmen sought an end to the dangerous standoff between superpowers. ... scholarly yet accessible: detailed, expansive, and engaging." --Publishers Weekly, STARRED "[A] thoughtful re-evaluation of a stunning historical watershed... A wholly satisfying, likely definitive, but not triumphalist account of the end of an era." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED "Recommended for political scientists, historians, Cold Warriors, and those who value diplomacy." --Library Journal, STARRED
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Skyhorse Publishing Warriors of Disinformation: How Lies, Videotape,
Book SynopsisHave you ever thought about what really goes on behind the walls of the White House or the Pentagon? Particularly in times of political upheaval, it often seems that the government and the media work together to keep the voting public confused and distracted. In Warriors of Disinformation, Alvin A. Snyder, a former director of USIA’s Television and Film Service, reveals the various propaganda campaigns sent out by the United States during the Cold War, one of the most strained, uncertain times in American political history. Snyder examines the shady” billion-dollar dealings dedicated to an exaggerated version of the truth,” and how President Reagan deceived the Soviets with well-plotted plans of fabrication. Readers will be shocked by the lengths that our government went to in order to hide the truth, and to consistently lie to not only the Soviets, but also to the American people about what was going on in the land of the free.” Warriors of Disinformation is an incredible look inside the government from someone who was on the front line. Hear stories that were never supposed to leave confidential meeting rooms and find out firsthand what went on behind closed doors. Snyder has a story to tell you, and you’d be crazy not to listen.
£10.99
Casemate Publishers After the Wall Came Down: Soldiering Through the
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
£21.25
Casemate Publishers Beneath the Restless Wave: Memoirs of a Cold War
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
£17.00
Casemate Publishers Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War
Book SynopsisIt is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets.The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. The first 40 men who came to Berlin in mid-1956 were soon reinforced by 60 more and these 100 soldiers (and their successors) would stand ready to go to war at only two hours’ notice, in a hostile area occupied by nearly one million Warsaw Pact forces, until 1990.Their mission should hostilities commence was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines, and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, intelligence tradecraft and able to act if necessary as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move.Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for other deployments including the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979. With the U.S. government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told.Trade ReviewHis [Stejskal's] intimate knowledge of special operations in Berlin, personal experiences, and passion shine through in his writing, resulting in an enjoyable and engaging book that places readers in the visual environment he creates. * The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters *...a dramatically gripping account… * Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International *
£15.29
Casemate Publishers The Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors:
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
£21.25
University of Massachusetts Press Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer
Book SynopsisNo single figure embodies Cold War science more than the renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Although other scientists may have been more influential in establishing the institutions and policies of the nuclear age, none has loomed larger in the popular imagination than the “father of the atomic bomb.” Americans have been drawn to the story of the Manhattan Project Oppenheimer helped lead and riveted by the McCarthy-era politics that caught him in its crosshairs. Journalists and politicians, writers and artists have told Oppenheimer's story in many different ways since he first gained notoriety in 1945. In Storytelling and Science, David K. Hecht examines why they did so, and what they hoped to achieve through their stories.From the outset, accounts of Oppenheimer's life and work were deployed for multiple ends: to trumpet or denigrate the value of science, to settle old scores or advocate new policies, to register dissent or express anxieties. In these different renditions, Oppenheimer was alternately portrayed as hero and villain, establishment figure and principled outsider, “destroyer of worlds” and humanist critic. Yet beneath the varying details of these stories, Hecht discerns important patterns in the way that audiences interpret, and often misinterpret, news about science. In the end, he argues, we find that science itself has surprisingly little to do with how its truths are assimilated by the public. Instead its meaning is shaped by narrative traditions and myths that frame how we think and write about it.
£21.80
University of Massachusetts Press Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War: The Reagan
Book SynopsisThe early 1980s were a tense time. The nuclear arms race was escalating, Reagan administration officials bragged about winning a nuclear war, and superpower diplomatic relations were at a new low. Nuclear war was a real possibility and antinuclear activism surged. By 1982 the Nuclear Freeze campaign had become the largest peace movement in American history. In support, celebrities, authors, publishers, and filmmakers saturated popular culture with critiques of Reagan’s arms buildup, which threatened to turn public opinion against the president. Alarmed, the Reagan administration worked to co- opt the rhetoric of the nuclear freeze and contain antinuclear activism. Recently declassified White House memoranda reveal a concerted campaign to defeat activists’ efforts. In this book, William M. Knoblauch examines these new sources, as well as the influence of notable personalities like Carl Sagan and popular culture such as the film The Day After, to demonstrate how cultural activism ultimately influenced the administration’s shift in rhetoric and, in time, its stance on the arms race.Trade Review“This is a well- written book and the author has mined some very good primary sources. it’s way past time for someone to engage the significance of Reagan- era antinuclear cultural activism.” — Edward Linenthal, author of Symbolic Defense: The Cultural Significance of the Strategic Defense Initiative and The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory
£21.80
University of Massachusetts Press Clearer Than Truth: The Polygraph and the
Book SynopsisA person strapped to a polygraph machine. Nervous eyes, sweaty brow, the needle trembling up and down. Few images are more evocative of Cold War paranoia.In this first comprehensive history of the polygraph as a tool and symbol of American Cold War policies, John Philipp Baesler tells the story of a technology with weak scientific credentials that was nevertheless celebrated as a device that could expose both internal and external enemies. Considered the go-to technology to test agents' and employees' loyalty, the polygraph's true power was to expose deep ideological and political fault lines. While advocates praised it as America's hard-nosed yet fair answer to communist brainwashing, critics claimed that its use undermined the very values of justice, equality, and the presumption of innocence for which the nation stood.Clearer Than Truth demonstrates that what began as quick-fix technology promising a precise test of honesty and allegiance eventually came to embody tensions in American Cold War culture between security and freedom, concerns that reach deep into the present day.
£35.05
