A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
This overview of the Cold War provides the story of how these two countries came to oppose one another, and the impact it had on them and others around the world.
Quoted in Michael Beschloss, ed., Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963–1964 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 401–3. 5. Quoted in Andrew Preston, The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam (Cambridge, ...
This innovative treatment of the Kitchen Debate reveals the event not only as a symbol of U.S. -Soviet military and diplomatic rivalry but as a battle over living standards that profoundly shaped the economic, social, and cultural contours ...
... THEORY Robin Wilson NUMBERS Peter M. Higgins NUTRITION David A. Bender OBJECTIVITY Stephen Gaukroger OCEANS Dorrik Stow THE OLD TESTAMENT Michael D. Coogan THE ORCHESTRA D. Kern Holoman ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Graham Patrick ORGANIZATIONS ...
This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period.
Nor was Haig's contention that America's defense had “gone into a truly alarming military decline even before the withdrawal from Vietnam accelerated the weakening trend.” Upon taking office, Reagan announced he wanted to spend $1.6 ...
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations.
This truly international collection of articles provides a fresh and comprehensive analysis of the origins of the Cold War, moving beyond earlier controversies and including the newest research from the Communist side of the Cold War.
Most people believed Truman when he promised that mastery of the atom would lead to the 'happiest ... they stayed at the Atomic Motel, ate submarine sandwiches at the Atomic Cafe, and sipped potent Atomic Cocktails at the Atomic Saloon.
Hardly any part of the world escaped its influence. David Painter provides a compact and analytical study that examines the origins, course, and end of the Cold War.