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  • Cold War Britain

    Fifty years in the shadow of the bomb

    ‘A powerful and timely book’ PETER KENNARD'Really good read' DERMOT O'LEARY'Tremendous…it strikes me it fills a gap somehow' AL MURRAY'Fantastic' DOMINIC SANDBROOKDelve into the history, politics, literature and popular culture that defined the Cold War era.The Cold War defined the history of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century as much as it did that ... ... Leer más

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    The True Story of How MI6 and the CIA Work Together

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  • Crucible

    Thirteen Months that Forged Our World

    The Times Book of the YearBBC History Magazine Book of the YearDaily Telegraph Book of the YearBOOK OF THE WEEK - The Times‘The strength of this book lies in the cold realities it delivers. “The thirteen months of 1947-48,” writes Fenby, “provide trenchant examples of how realpolitik can serve a wider purpose if those in power know how to use it.” Crucible captures perfectly the urgency of the ... Leer más

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  • The Cold War

    A Very Short Introduction

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    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why did it move from its initial origins in Postwar Europe to encompass virtually every corner of the globe? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon ... Leer más

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  • Modern Times Revised Edition

    The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

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    The modern world began on May 29, 1919.In this provocative and sweeping chronicle of 20th century history, acclaimed historian Paul Johnson argues that the confirmation of Einstein’s theory of relativity set in motion a chain of events that replaced moral absolutes with a destructive new era of moral relativism.This powerful work of intellectual history traces how the ideas of Marx, Freud, and ... Leer más

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  • The Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That

    A hilarious gallop through 20th-century history

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    A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer than that.And what have we learnt? A few obvious lessons include: megalomaniac men with moustaches in charge of countries tend to turn out to be ... Leer más

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  • The Cold War

    A New Oral History of Life Between East and West

    The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West.In this meticulously researched account, Bridget Kendall explores the Cold War through ... Leer más

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  • Small Wars, Faraway Places

    Global Insurrection and the Making of the Modern World, 1945-1965

    A sweeping history of the Cold War’s many “hot” wars born in the last gasps of empireThe Cold War reigns in popular imagination as a period of tension between the two post-World War II superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, without direct conflict. Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by ... Leer más

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  • Disrupt and Deny

    Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy

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    British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in ... Leer más

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  • Espionage

    Spies and Secrets

    The need to defend against terrorist outrages has drawn unprecedented public attention to modern-day global espionage, from the US government's involvement in the politics of the Middle East, Europe and Africa, to the surveillance of their own citizens by governments throughout the western world. This compelling reference resource contains over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day ... Leer más

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  • Britain on the Brink

    The Cold War's Most Dangerous Weekend, 27–28 October 1962

    de Jim Wilson ...
    This Cold War history examines the Cuban Missile Crisis from a British perspective, following events as they developed in London, Washington, and Moscow.During the Cold War, the possibility of nuclear destruction was never too far away. But for several days in October of 1962, that possibility came closer than most civilians could ever imagine. The Cuban Missile Crisis put the UK squarely on the ... Leer más

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  • My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Cold War, c1945-1991

    de Melanie Vance ...
    Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthe... ... Leer más

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