International Cold War Military Records And History
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Author | : Frank N. Schubert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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A compilation of the keynote address & papers presented at the Conference on Cold War Archives in the Decade of Openness. The conference highlighted the microfilm document collections of the DoD's Open House Program, deposited in the European Div. of the Library of Congress & open to the public for research. This Program was initiated in 1996 ended in Sep. 2000. For nearly 5 years, the DoD worked with the Polish Central Military Archives in Warsaw, the Hungarian War History Archives in Budapest, & the Archives of the Ministry of National Defense in Bucharest, using equipment & supplies provided by the DoD. Approximately 800 reels of microfilmed documents were produced.
Author | : William W. Epley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Cold War |
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Author | : Cold War International History Project |
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Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Berlin (Germany) |
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Featuring new evidence on: the Polish Crisis 1980-1981, Poland in the early Cold War, the Sino-American opening, the Korean War, the Berlin Crisis 1958-1962.
Author | : Ingo Trauschweizer |
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Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
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Focuses on the Seventh Army in West Germany--the largest and best-prepared field army ever deployed by the U.S. in peacetime--to show how the U.S. army redefined its identity, structure, and mission in order to avoid obsolescence during the Cold War era of nuclear weapons and air power.
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Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Cold War |
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Author | : NA NA |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1349624772 |
This book offers a biography of the most glamorous and powerful NATO Supreme Commander of the Cold War, General Lauris Norstad, as both a "nuclear" general and an "international" general. His primary goal was to keep the Alliance together as he accommodated British and French nuclear ambitions while forestalling the same in West Germany. He also was at the center of the political/military maneuverings over Berlin and the Soviet attempt to blackmail the West into recognizing East Germany, all of which culminated in the building of the infamous "Wall."
Author | : Thomas Mahnken |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191054208 |
This volume provides the first comprehensive history of the arms racing phenomenon in modern international politics, drawing both on theoretical approaches and on the latest historical research. Written by an international team of specialists, it is divided into four sections: before 1914; the inter-war years; the Cold War; and extra-European and post-Cold War arms races. Twelve case studies examine land and naval armaments before the First World War; air, land, and naval competition during the 1920s and 1930s; and nuclear as well as conventional weapons since 1945. Armaments policies are placed within the context of technological development, international politics and diplomacy, and social politics and economics. An extended general introduction and conclusion and introductions to each section provide coherence between the specialized chapters and draw out wider implications for policymakers and for political scientists. Arms Races in International Politics addresses two key questions: what causes arms races, and what is the connection between arms races and the outbreak of wars?
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Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Cold War |
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Author | : Vojtech Mastny |
Publisher | : Central European University Press |
Total Pages | : 786 |
Release | : 2005-04-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 6155053693 |
This is the first book to document, analyze, and interpret the history of the Warsaw Pact based on the archives of the alliance itself. As suggested by the title, the Soviet bloc military machine that held the West in awe for most of the Cold War does not appear from the inside as formidable as outsiders often believed, nor were its strengths and weaknesses the same at different times in its surprisingly long history, extending for almost half a century. The introductory study by Mastny assesses the controversial origins of the "superfluous" alliance, its subsequent search for a purpose, its crisis and consolidation despite congenital weaknesses, as well as its unexpected demise. Most of the 193 documents included in the book were top secret and have only recently been obtained from Eastern European archives by the PHP project. The majority of the documents were translated specifically for this volume and have never appeared in English before. The introductory remarks to individual documents by co-editor Byrne explain the particular significance of each item. A chronology of the main events in the history of the Warsaw Pact, a list of its leading officials, a selective multilingual bibliography, and an analytical index add to the importance of a publication that sets the new standard as a reference work on the subject and facilitate its use by both students and general readers.
Author | : Samuel F. Wells Jr. |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2019-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231549946 |
After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades. Samuel F. Wells Jr. examines how military and political events interacted to escalate the conflict. Decisions made by the Truman administration in the first six months of the Korean War drove both superpowers to intensify their defense buildup. American leaders feared the worst-case scenario—that Stalin was prepared to start World War III—and raced to build up strategic arms, resulting in a struggle they did not seek out or intend. Their decisions stemmed from incomplete interpretations of Soviet and Chinese goals, especially the belief that China was a Kremlin puppet. Yet Stalin, Mao, and Kim Il-sung all had their own agendas, about which the United States lacked reliable intelligence. Drawing on newly available documents and memoirs—including previously restricted archives in Russia, China, and North Korea—Wells analyzes the key decision points that changed the course of the war. He also provides vivid profiles of the central actors as well as important but lesser known figures. Bringing together studies of military policy and diplomacy with the roles of technology, intelligence, and domestic politics in each of the principal nations, Fearing the Worst offers a new account of the Korean War and its lasting legacy.