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  • The Legacy of the Cold War

    Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict

    by Willlem van Eekelen, Vincent Keating, Vojtech Mastny, Daniel Möckli, Nicholas Wheeler, Zhu Liqun, Huang Yuxing, Andreas Wenger, Mark Kramer0, Douglas Craig1, Malcolm Byrne2, Lawrence S. Kaplan3, William R. Keylor4, Robert J. McMahon5 ...
    Series series The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
    The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking a historical perspective to explain their causes and consequences allows one to better understand ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War

    Threat Perceptions in the East and West

    Edited by Vojtech Mastny, Sven S. Holtsmark, Andreas Wenger ...
    Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
    This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective.Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity

    The Stalin Years

    by Vojtech Mastny ...
    The child of a small coup rather than an extension of popular will, the Soviet State was intrinsically insecure, its leaders ever fearful of internal and external threats. They did not feel that their regime would be safe until the revolution triumphed abroad, convinced that the outside world was implacably hostile. None felt this more strongly than Stalin. Indeed, as eminent historian of the ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Turkey Between East And West

    New Challenges For A Rising Regional Power

    by Vojtech Mastny ...
    Linked by ethnic and religious affinities to two post-Cold War crisis areas—the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia—Turkey is positioned to play an influential role in the promotion of regional economic cooperation and in taking new approaches to security. In this book, experts from Turkey, Europe, and the United States address key aspects of Turkey ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Soviet/East European Survey, 1987-1988

    Selected Research And Analysis From Radio Free Europe/radio Liberty

    by Vojtech Mastny ...
    This book presents fifty analytical reports of Soviet/East European survey by the research staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich, focusing on the main events and trends in the Soviet bloc during Mikhail Gorbachev's third year in office from 1987 to 1988. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Sovieteast European Survey, 19861987

    Selected Research And Analysis From Radio Free Europe/radio Liberty

    by Vojtech Mastny ...
    First published in 1988. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is well-known for broadcasting news and information to millions of listeners in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. In order to be an effective surrogate home service, RFE/RL has built up over the years a large research capacity, where Western-trained specialists describe and analyze develop ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Italy And East Central Europe

    Dimensions Of The Regional Relationship

    Edited by Vojtech Mastny ...
    As a medium-sized power in strategic proximity to east central Europe, Italy has sought a special role in the region following the collapse of Communist regimes there. Building on historical traditions and cultural affinities, Italy has drawn on its newly acquired economic power and important position within the European Union to develop an "Eastern" policy, for example, as originator of the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Human Rights And Security

    Europe On The Eve Of A New Era

    Edited by Vojtech Mastny ...
    Inquiries into the relationship between security and human rights are of very recent vintage. They have long been hampered by political scientists' predilection for political "realism." From that perspective, there seemed little doubt that power comes first and any human rights but a poor second. As wishful thinking turned into reality during the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union

    by Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny ...
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  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The Revolutionary Legacy of 1989

    Edited by Jeffrey A. Engel ...
    The fall of the Berlin Wall sent shock waves around the world. It was, quite literally, a world-changing event. Now, more than two decades after the Wall's collapse, this book brings together leading authorities who offer a fresh look at how leaders in four vital centers of world politics--the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, and China--viewed the world in the aftermath of this momentous ... Read more

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  • The Walls Came Tumbling Down : The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe

    The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe

    by Gale Stokes ...
    The rapid and unexpected collapse of the Communist systems of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe continues to mystify scholars and citizens alike. The recent flood of books on this topic (many of them excellent) poses special problems for librarians who will need to choose carefully not only as to quality but also coverage. Stokes's work which covers Poland Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Bulgaria ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • The Shadow of War

    Russia and the USSR, 1941 to the present

    by Stephen Lovell ...
    Series Book 8 - Blackwell History of Russia
    Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of World War II as a point of departure, The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh new approach to modern Soviet and Russian history.Presents one of the only histories of the Soviet Union and Russia that begins with World War II and goes beyond the Soviet collapse through to the early twenty-first ... Read more

    $42.00 USD