Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World 1945-65
de Burleigh, Michael
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0230752322
- ISBN 13
- 9780230752320
- Librería
-
Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Sinopsis
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.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Goulds Book Arcade (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 161435
- Título
- Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World 1945-65
- Autor
- Burleigh, Michael
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0230752322
- ISBN 13
- 9780230752320
- Editorial
- MacMillan
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Palabras clave
- [[935G JPG MODERN HISTORY WAR MILITARY
Términos de venta
Goulds Book Arcade
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Goulds Book Arcade
Sobre Goulds Book Arcade
Since 1989 Goulds Book Arcade was at the city end of King St, Newtown, but moved in late 2018.
The shop is now located at 536 King St.
That's directly opposite Alice St in south Newtown, near the New Theatre.
If you want to pick up ordered items from the shop please contact us first as the listed items are not stored at the shop.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...