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21) Cold War radio: the Russian broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"D'Anieri explains the invasion of Ukraine by exploring dynamics between Ukraine, Russia and the West since the fall of the Soviet Union. Now fully revised and updated, this book demonstrates how the security dilemma, the impact of democratization on geopolitics, and the incompatible goals of a post-Cold War Europe have led to war"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The relationship between the Roman Empire and its rival, the Parthian-Persian Empire, has long been viewed as bloody, hostile, and destructive. In fact, the truth is more complex. For more than seven hundred years, the Romans lived side by side by their eastern neighbors, sometimes at war, more often at peace, almost always trading with each other to their mutual benefit. The Roman Empire was wealthier and larger than the Persian Empire and its predecessor,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. They determined that any threat to their power, and that of the Chinese Communist Party, came not from abroad but from within--a conclusion cemented by the 1989 Tiananmen crisis. To facilitate the country's inexorable economic ascendence, and to prevent a backlash, they reassured the outside world of China's peaceful intentions. Then, as...
37) The commander-in-chief test: public opinion and the politics of image-making in US foreign policy
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam...