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Book Title
Small wars , faraway places
Type
Textbook
Format
Sewn,Paper over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardback
Language
English
Author
Michael Burleigh
Publisher
Viking Books
Subject
Military History

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A sweeping history of the Cold War's many hot wars born in the last gasps of empire The Cold War reigns in popular imagination as a period of tension between the two post-World War II superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, without direct conflict. Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by examining the many, largely forgotten, hot wars fought around the world. As once-great Western colonial empires collapsed, counter-insurgencies campaigns raged in the Philippines, the Congo, Iran, and other faraway places. Dozens of new nations struggled into existence, the legacies of which are still felt today. Placing these vicious struggles alongside the period-defining United States and Soviet standoffs in Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba, Burleigh swerves from Algeria to Kenya, to Vietnam and Kashmir, interspersing top-level diplomatic negotiations with portraits of the charismatic local leaders. The result is a dazzling work of history, a searing analysis of the legacy of imperialism and a reminder of just how the United States became the world's great enforcer.

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Publisher
Viking Books
ISBN-10
0670025453
ISBN-13
9780670025459
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183621923

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Author
Michael Burleigh
Format
Sewn,Paper over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Military History
Type
Textbook

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Maps
Author Biography
Michael Burleigh is the author of a dozen books, including The Third Reich: A New History, which won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. His work has been translated into twenty languages, and in 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Nonino International Master of His Time Prize. He lives in London.
Date of Publication
12/09/2013
Country of Publication
United States

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