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1) The Cold War
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"This high-interest series, aimed at reluctant readers, looks at secret campaigns behind the major conflicts of the past 100 years. Biographical sidebars focus on heroic or notorious personalities. Highlighted fact features include special operations and their results, resistance movements, propaganda and the history of the time - as is known ... and not readily known"--Provided by publisher.
2) The Cold War
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Documents the history of the Cold War, which took place between the 1940s and the 1990s; and provides fully cited quotes from historical figures, letters, speeches, and other sources, along with facts and analysis; and includes a chronology and time line.
3) The Cold War
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An overview of the Cold War that discusses its causes, the Truman Doctrine, espionage, the House Un-American Activities Committee, its aftermath, and other related topics, and includes photographs, a time line, and a list of additional resources.
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Fourteen-year-old Janie Scott, newly arrived in London from Los Angeles in 1952, becomes friends with a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows, and is drawn into a dangerous adventure with Benjamin when his father is kidnapped and Russian spies try to steal his book of secrets.
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Examines the psychological aspects of the Cold War, especially paranoia, and explores how these beliefs and fears increased in both the United States and the Soviet Union as a result of propaganda through books, film, music, and advertising. Includes black-and-white photographs.
9) Bluebird
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In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva...
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In twentieth century America, no threat loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Marrin shows how the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro Boys case, the tragedy of the Rosenbergs, and the menace of the Joseph McCarthy and his war hearings lured many Americans to the ideals...
14) The Cold War
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Discusses the principal causes and events of the Cold War, the period between 1945 to 1991 when the United States and the Soviet Union kept each other in check through mutual fear and distrust, and considers what the outcome might have been had different decisions been made at crucial points during this time.
15) The Cold War
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Although no war was officially declared, for over four decades, the Soviet Union and the United States waged an ideological battle that at times carried the threat of nuclear war. In this anthology those who shaped the Cold War and those reflecting on its impact debate the strategies these nations used to expand or protect their spheres of influence as the United States and the Soviet Union moved from confrontation to cooperation. Declassified documents...
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Even though the Cold War ended in 1991, today's geopolitics still reflects its divisions and most pressing issues. Not only does the current strained relationship between the United States and Russia call to mind the tensions between the U.S. and USSR, but the specter of nuclear war has haunted both periods. This volume illustrates the role that the nuclear threat played in the Cold War. It opens with the development of the first nuclear weapons and...
17) The Cold War
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Examines the history of the Cold War, including political, economic, military, and athletic battles, from the Berlin Airlift of 1948 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to the war.