From Farnborough To Kubinka

Author : Benjamin S. Lambeth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Farnborough to Kubinka written by Benjamin S. Lambeth and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the September 1988 Farnborough Air Show, the author met the chief test pilot of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Valery Menitskii, who had accompanied the Soviet team to supervise the first flight demonstrations of the MiG-29 in the West. That contact led to several more encounters between the author and Menitskii during the ensuing year, culminating in an invitation from Menitskii to the author to fly the MiG-29. On December 15, 1989, the author flew with Menitskii at Kubinka Air Base near Moscow, thus becoming the first U.S. citizen to fly the MiG-29 and the first Western pilot invited to fly a combat aircraft of any type inside Soviet airspace since the end of World War II. This report documents that experience in detail.

Author : Matthew Evangelista
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501724002
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unarmed Forces written by Matthew Evangelista and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Cold War, people worldwide feared that the U.S. and Soviet governments could not prevent a nuclear showdown. Citizens from both East-bloc and Western countries, among them prominent scientists and physicians, formed networks to promote ideas and policies that would lessen this danger. Two of their organizations—the Pugwash movement and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War—won Nobel Peace Prizes. Still, many observers believe that their influence was negligible and that the Reagan administration deserves sole credit for ending the Cold War. The first book to explore the impact these activists had on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain, Unarmed Forces demonstrates the importance of their efforts on behalf of arms control and disarmament.Matthew Evangelista examines the work of transnational peace movements throughout the Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev eras and into the first years of Boris Yeltsin's leadership. Drawing on extensive research in Russian archives and on interviews with Russian and Western activists and policymakers, he investigates the sources of Soviet policy on nuclear testing, strategic defense, and conventional forces. Evangelista concludes that transnational actors at times played a crucial role in influencing Soviet policy—specifically in encouraging moderate as opposed to hard-line responses—for they supplied both information and ideas to that closed society. Evangelista's findings challenge widely accepted views about the peaceful resolution of the Cold War. By revealing the connection between a state's domestic structure and its susceptibility to the influence of transnational groups, Unarmed Forces will also stimulate thinking about the broader issue of how government policy is shaped.

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Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael W Doyle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429967233
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Thinking In International Relations Theory written by Michael W Doyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of ten original essays provides a showcase of currently diverse theoretical agendas in the field of international relations. Contributors address the theoretical analysis that their perspective brings to the issue of change in global politics. Written for readers with a general interest in and knowledge of world affairs, New Thinking in International Relations Theory can also be assigned in international relations theory courses.The volume begins with an essay on the classical tradition at the end of the Cold War. Essays explore work outside the mainstream, such as Jean Bethke Elshtain on feminist theory and James Der Derian on postmodern theory as well as those developing theoretical advances within traditional realms from James DeNardo's formal modeling to the more descriptive analyses of Miles Kahler and Steve Weber. Other essays include Matthew Evangelista on domestics structure, Daniel Deudney on naturalist and geopolitical theory, and Joseph Grieco on international structuralist theory.

Author : Benjamin S. Lambeth
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's Air Power at the Crossroads written by Benjamin S. Lambeth and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses trends and prospects in Russian military aviation, drawing on the extensive reportage on air power in the Russian defense literature since the onset of glasnost in 1986.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government Reports Announcements & Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rand Corporation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rand written by Rand Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1844 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commonwealth of Independent States Aerospace Science and Technology, 1992: A Bibliography with Indexes written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.