The Cold War books

John le Carré and the Cold War explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carré’s major Cold-War...  Read More >>

Through personal and intersecting narratives of loss, love, and longing for a homeland forever changed, a clearer...  Read More >>

Examine the remarkable life of Mao Tse-tung: teacher, soldier, revolutionary, statesman, tyrant.  Read More >>

The most serious threat to Soviet rule in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism in 1989.  Read More >>

Vienna 1954, nine years after the end of World War II and the victorious allies occupy the whole of Austria.  Read More >>

This book looks at contributions to Cold War cinema from a wide range of countries and genres, and articulates how...  Read More >>

During the Cold War, radio broadcasting was important in the ideological confrontation between East and West. This...  Read More >>

Thailand’s position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country’s political leadership was very keen to maintain...  Read More >>

This book explores how women within the male-dominated Communist Party in the United States built a home for feminist...  Read More >>

Lying on the political fault line between East and West for the past seventy five years, the significance of Hungary...  Read More >>

"When Homeward Bound first appeared in 1988, it forever changed how we understand Cold War America. Elaine Tyler...  Read More >>

This study examines the origins, evolution, and goals of Polish and Estonian diaspora communities in Sweden during...  Read More >>

The Family of Man is the most widely seen exhibition in the history of photography. The book of the exhibition,...  Read More >>

In 1991 there were more than 1,000 'Americanists' - experts in US history and politics - working in the Soviet Union....  Read More >>

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Matthew K. Shannon provides readers with a reminder of a brief and congenial phase of the relationship between the...  Read More >>

On October 4, 1957 in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first artificial earth...  Read More >>

On October 4, 1957 in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first artificial earth...  Read More >>

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Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the...  Read More >>

Drawing on declassified records of presidential conversations, this book shows how presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon...  Read More >>

This comparative study explores the involvement of the United States in four successful military coups in Turkey...  Read More >>

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When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thresher was the most advanced submarine...  Read More >>

In the latter half of the 20th century, a number of dissidents engaged in a series of campaigns against the Soviet...  Read More >>