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Failed Illusions - Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt by Charles Gati
$37.99 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Cold War International History Project Ser.
Winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman Prize The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of this David ...Show more
Midnight in Chernobyl - The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Cold War
Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. When Reactor Number Four of the Ch ...Show more
Visions of Freedom - Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 by Piero Gleijeses
$70.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: The\New Cold War History Ser.
During the final fifteen years of the Cold War, southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval, with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the superpowers. Americans, Cubans, Soviets, and Africans fought over the future of Angola, where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed, and ov ...Show more
Washington's China - The National Security World, the Cold War, and the Origins of Globalism by James L. Peck
$69.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond Ser.
This book addresses a central question about the Cold War that has never been adequately resolved. Why did the United States go to such lengths not merely to contain the People's Republic of China but to isolate it from all diplomatic, cultural, and economic ties to other nations? Why, in other words, ...Show more
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