{"product_id":"on-the-battlefields-of-the-cold-war-a-soviet-ambassadors-confession-9780271022970","title":"On the Battlefields of the Cold War A Soviet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Battlefields of the Cold War \u003c\/i\u003eoffers unique insight into the volatile inner workings of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, where the battle lines of the Cold War were often first drawn. Israelyan brings to this memoir a wealth of experience, having worked with all the postwar Soviet foreign ministers and established diplomatic ties to the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While this is a work primarily for specialists and will not engender any grand revisions of our thinking about major aspects of the Cold War, such histories are useful because they show us how Soviet foreign policy was understood by those who carried it out and who, as Israelyan shows, became progressively disenchanted with the nonsense they had to espouse. Moreover, the author effectively conveys some of the atmosphere of the period and the issues that he worked on. Thus scholars who track Soviet foreign policy from 1960 to 1990 will derive considerable benefit from this memoir.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Dr. Stephen J. Blank \u003ci\u003eParameters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Both for those who experience it only as history and those who have enduring memories of life during that time, \u003ci\u003eOn the Battlefields of the Cold War \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating resource in helping better understand this defining era in international relations.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Daniel C. Villanueva \u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Israelyan’s prose is brisk and lucid.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jack F. Matlock, Jr. \u003ci\u003eRussian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tTraining for the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tThe First Collisions of the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tStalin Is Dead. What Next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tSowing the Seeds of Hatred in Hungary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tThe Khrushchev Style of Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tThaws and Frosts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tOn the Diplomatic Sidelines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tThe Battlefield, UN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.\tThe Soviet Union’s 105th Veto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.\tThe Cold War on the Middle East Front\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.\tChina—A New Front in the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.\tTime to Go Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.\tThe Soviet Diplomatic Headquarters at Smolenskaya Square\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.\tAn Uneasy Truce in the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.\tThe Apotheosis of the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.\tMarking Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.\tThe Beginning of the End of the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.\tFeigned Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.\tFarewell to the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534928544087,"sku":"9780271022970","price":56.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271022970.jpg?v=1755858111","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-battlefields-of-the-cold-war-a-soviet-ambassadors-confession-9780271022970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}