The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Of The Cold War

Author : J. Swift
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230001181
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War written by J. Swift and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical atlas must depict complex issues in a manner immediately accessible to the reader. The Cold War has long needed such an atlas. With easily understood maps and text, this atlas meets this demand. Not only are the obvious issues addressed, such as Cuba, Berlin and so on, but the author also presents themes such as cultural issues and détente to the reader, presenting the Cold War in all its complexities in a form which is useful and understandable.

Author : M. Folly
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230502393
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of World War II written by M. Folly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-10-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War explores in graphical form, the causes, course, and consequences of this global war. Clear two-colour maps and diagrams are accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text addressing not just battles and campaigns, but also clarifying the key social, economic and political aspects of the war. These tend to get less coverage in conventional military history atlases, but are vital for understanding the totality of the war experience and its enduring legacy. Students and general readers will find it a useful and accessible introduction to the war in all its facets, from its origins to its legacy.

Author : R. Abazov
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230610900
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia written by R. Abazov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments, all succinctly explained in this book.

Author : Daniel K. Blewett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598844989
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Military History written by Daniel K. Blewett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this companion volume to his 1995 bibliography of the same title, Daniel Blewett continues his foray into the vast literature of military studies. As did its predecessor, it covers land, air, and naval forces, primarily but not exclusively from a U.S. perspective, with the welcome emergence of small wars from publishing obscurity. In addition to identifying relevant organizations and associations, Blewett has gathered together the very best in chronologies, bibliographies, biographical dictionaries, indexes, journals abstracts, glossaries, and encyclopedias, each accompanied by a brief descriptive annotation. This work remains a pertinent addition to the general reference collections of public and academic libraries as well as special libraries, government documents collections, military and intelligence agency libraries, and historical societies and museums.

Author : M. Hughes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230504809
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the First World War written by M. Hughes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War continues to fascinate. Its profound effect on politics and society is still felt today. Yet it remains a greatly misunderstood conflict, shrouded in myths and misperceptions. In The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the First World War Philpott and Hughes, leading young historians of the conflict, draw on recent scholarship to present a clear introduction to the war. In fifty maps, accompanied by supporting text and statistical tables, they survey the main battles and political features of the war. This concise volume will give students and general readers important insights into the nature and effects of world war.

Author : D. Hupchick
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137048174
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe written by D. Hupchick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe is a lucid and authoritative guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, this volume includes fifty two two-colour full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text to provide a useful aid in physical geography and in an area's political development over time. The maps illustrate key moments in East European history from the Middle Ages to the present, in a way that is immediate and comprehensible. Lecturers and students will find it to be an indispensable and affordable classroom and reference tool, and general readers will enjoy it for its clarity and wealth of information.

Author : Timothy Barney
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469618559
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Cold War written by Timothy Barney and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American national interests and international aspirations. Barney argues that the borders, scales, projections, and other conventions of maps prescribed and constrained the means by which foreign policy elites, popular audiences, and social activists navigated conflicts between North and South, East and West. Maps also influenced how identities were formed in a world both shrunk by advancing technologies and marked by expanding and shifting geopolitical alliances and fissures. Pointing to the necessity of how politics and values were "spatialized" in recent U.S. history, Barney argues that Cold War–era maps themselves had rhetorical lives that began with their conception and production and played out in their circulation within foreign policy circles and popular media. Reflecting on the ramifications of spatial power during the period, Mapping the Cold War ultimately demonstrates that even in the twenty-first century, American visions of the world--and the maps that account for them--are inescapably rooted in the anxieties of that earlier era.

Author : Nicholas Atkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313056196
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Twentieth-Century Europe written by Nicholas Atkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert contributors write on the experiences of civilians who lived through occupation and bloodshed in the First World War; the Russians who lived or died during the the devastating civil war in 1917-1922, leading eventually to the terrors of Stalinism; the Spaniards of many factions who fought against each other in bloody civil wars; the ordinary people of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and other countries who faced the hardship and horrors of the Second World War; and the ethnic- and religious-based fighting and atrocities, often targeted at civilians, in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 into the twenty-first century. Carefully selected sources for further research help users find additional information on civilian life during these events. Expert contributors write on the experiences of civilians in the many wars of twentieth-century Europe. Among the events discussed are the Europeans who lived through occupation and bloodshed in the First World War; the Russians who lived and died in the devastating civil war in 1917-1922, leading eventually to the terrors of Stalinism; the Spaniards of many factions who fought against each other in bloody civil wars; the ordinary people of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and other countries who faced the hardship and horrors of the Second World War; and the ethnic- and religious-based fighting and atrocities, often targeted at civilians, in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 into the twenty-first century. Carefully selected sources for further research help users find additonal information on civilian life during these events. Chapters including vivid accounts of civilians' roles and experiences through wars in twentieth-century Europe are supplemented by recommended print and online resources for further study, a glossary defining important terms and concepts, and a timeline putting events into a chronological context.

Author : Martin Folly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442242159
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy during the Cold War written by Martin Folly and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy during the Cold War offers readers a comprehensive, accessible survey of the principal actors and events involved in the making of United States foreign policy during a crucial period in the nation’s history. The Cold War saw the United States acquire superpower status, and to be closely involved in events around the globe. Foreign policy became a central issue in domestic politics. The confrontations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its allies and satellites, and with the forces of international communism dominated U.S. interactions with the world throughout this period. This book covers this turbulent period through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on key persons, policies, events, institutions, and organizations, along with issues such as the division of Germany after World War II, the creation of the People’s Republic of China, European economic recovery, communist movements in the third worlds, decolonization, the Vietnam War, and the nuclear arms race. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about U.S. diplomacy during the cold war.

Author : John Lewis Gaddis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143038276
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cold War written by John Lewis Gaddis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Outstanding . . . The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.” —The Boston Globe “Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject.” —The New York Times The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why—from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own. Gaddis is also the author of On Grand Strategy.