The Cold War books

The film industry was an important propaganda element during the Cold War. As with other conflicts, the Cold War...  Read More >>

"Japan was sometimes described as a country of ""peace"" during the Cold War period, in contrast to the continental...  Read More >>

A long-time U.S. policy insider’s scholarly and encyclopedic history with unprecedented analysis of the official...  Read More >>

Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain, edited by Mark Kramer and Vít Smetana, consists of cutting-edge...  Read More >>

During the Cold War, jazz became a cultural weapon that was employed by both sides. In the Eastern Bloc countries,...  Read More >>

Founded as a counterweight to the Communist broadcasters in East Germany, Radio in the American Sector (RIAS) became...  Read More >>

The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used...  Read More >>

"CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016 This book examines six summits spanning the beginning and the end of the...  Read More >>

The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used...  Read More >>

"CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016 This book examines six summits spanning the beginning and the end of the...  Read More >>

With unprecedented access to their hitherto sealed records, this is the first volume of a remarkable official history...  Read More >>

The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour...  Read More >>

Historical scholarship and the digital humanities are still struggling to come to terms with the rise of Wikipedia,...  Read More >>

The moderate folk-nationalist (völkisch) authors Hans Grimm, Erwin Guido Kobenheyer, and Wilhelm Stapel found great...  Read More >>

Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge shows how western science was transferred and produced...  Read More >>

In this short novel for middle readers, Chloe's determination to succeed in the world of improv damages her friendships...  Read More >>

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Some twenty-five years after its conclusion, yet with its echoes resonating once more in contemporary East-West...  Read More >>

Using recently released archival material from the US and Japan, this book critically re-examines US–Japanese relations...  Read More >>

Cold War history has emphasized the division of Europe into two warring camps with separate ideologies and little...  Read More >>

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

With his policy of containment, US diplomat George F  Read More >>

This book compares the cultural politics of the U.S. space and Antarctic programs during the Cold War. It analyzes...  Read More >>

Mental Maps in the Era of Détente and the End of the Cold War recreates the way in which the revolutionary changes...  Read More >>

Drive critical, engaged learning and advanced skills development. Enabling comprehensive, rounded understanding,...  Read More >>