The Cold War books

"Discover the gripping story of the Cold War, a defining feature of global politics and diplomacy in the 20th century....  Read More >>

"Introducing ""Vietnam War: From Saigon to Hanoi,"" the definitive guide to one of the most complex and significant...  Read More >>

WINNER OF THE 2023 MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD. The Franklin Book Programs (FBP) was a private...  Read More >>

An in-depth investigation of the Romanian secret police's file on Müller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature,...  Read More >>

The story of the friends and allies of the Chinese Revolution  Read More >>

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence missile systems,...  Read More >>

This book connects the work of US private foundations, the United States government, and Brazilian intellectuals...  Read More >>

Oren re-examines Japan’s threat perception throughout the entire Cold war, using a wide range of source materials,...  Read More >>

A fresh account of the US presidential rhetoric embodied in Cold War international travel.   Crowds swarm when...  Read More >>

Contesting France tells the story of how a transnational web of French sources used their exchanges with US intelligence...  Read More >>

The story of an empire made and an empire undone - and what emerged from the ashes - by one of the world's leading...  Read More >>

"Arming East Asia: Deterring China in the Early Cold War examines President Eisenhower's mutual security program...  Read More >>

Whittaker Chambers is rightly remembered for his pivotal role in the electrifying Alger Hiss spy case. But as Richard...  Read More >>

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At the height of the Cold War, as part of an effort to weaken the Soviet Union, the United States government recruited...  Read More >>

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Explores the fundamental role of the military in state-building in francophone postcolonial West Africa and how...  Read More >>

After a hair-raising landing, the hijacked Firefox lies entombed in a frozen lake 20 miles from the Norwegian frontier....  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between socialist psychiatry and political ideology during the Cold War, tracing...  Read More >>

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The complete operational history of an outstanding Marine fighter squadron throughout the Cold War.  Read More >>

""This book explores the political role of cultural spaces - theaters, galleries, concert halls, youth clubs - in...  Read More >>

Communist Propaganda at School is based on an analysis of reading primers from the Soviet bloc and recreates the...  Read More >>

This book examines the Cuba policy adopted by the Richard M. Nixon administration, 1969-1974, and its combination...  Read More >>

This volume investigates the cultural sites where the global Cold War played out. It brings to view encounters that...  Read More >>