The Cold War

Over five central chapters, Remembering the Cold War takes a series of events and case studies and examines the ways in which they are now ‘remembered’, from Hiroshima and nuclear-bunkers-turned-museums, through the sale of pieces of the Berlin Wall, to Hollywood films about spying. The volume engag..

Over five central chapters, Remembering the Cold War takes a series of events and case studies and examines the ways in which they are now ‘remembered’, from Hiroshima and nuclear-bunkers-turned-museums, through the sale of pieces of the Berlin Wall, to Hollywood films about spying. The volume engag..

This book illuminates how Berkner became a model that produced the scientist/advisor/policymaker that helped build post-war America...

_x005F_x000D_ For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, th..

_x000D_ For thirteen days in October of 1962, a truly perilous flirtation with nuclear war developed between the United States and USSR, as the superpowers argued over the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. Launched by rash judgment and concluded through circumspect leadership, the Cuba..

This book opens unique perspectives on the Cold War battle for the hearts and minds of the people of post-1945 Europe. Using the Cold War neutrals Austria and Finland as an example, the study shows how the ideological Cold War also shaped politics in countries that sought not to take sides in the bi..

As a consequence of World War II, there were more than 100 million war veterans living in different regions of the world in 1945 while in subsequent decades, the number of people with war experience further increased with new armed conflicts in Asia and Africa. However, veterans have been largely ne..