By any measure, Hans Mark was a warrior of the Cold War. Born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1929, he spent his early childhood in Vienna before escaping the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and eventually emigrating
General Maxwell Taylor served at the nerve centers of US military policy and Cold War strategy and experienced firsthand the wars in Korea and Vietnam, as well as crises in Berlin and Cuba. Along the
Since September 11, 2001, the CIA and DoD have operated together in Afghanistan, Iraq, and during counterterrorism operations. Although the global war on terrorism gave the CIA and DoD a common purpos
It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, to steal Shergar, one of the Thoroughbred industry'
When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army after forty-four years of distinguished service in 1992, the Washington Post hailed him as a man "without peer among living generals.
The Screen Is Red portrays Hollywood's ambivalence toward the former Soviet Union before, during, and after the Cold War. In the 1930s, communism combated its alter ego, fascism, yet both threatened t
This book, now in its second edition, is the first and most exhaustive text covering the still growing popularity of cold case investigations which locate perpetrators and free the innocent. The new e
During the Cold War, the editor of Time magazine declared, "A good citizen is a good reader." As postwar euphoria faded, a wide variety of Americans turned to reading to understand their place in the
This book focuses on the performance of concrete in road pavements and structures in cold regions. It provides a comprehensive review of material-related issues in design and analysis of concrete pave
An idyllic Naga village surrounded by misty hills, Hoyat is located in the No Man's Land between India and Burma. When Atanu reaches here to begin a new life, he is stunned to see the entire village b
Translated from the French and with an introduction by Rita S. NezamiTahar Ben Jelloun’s By Fire, the first fictional account published on the Arab Spring, reimagines the true-life self-immolation of
From an award-winning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the lives and struggles of a group of everyday PalestiniansFor the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been spen
In New York in 1950, FBI agents arrested Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for conspiracy to commit espionage, an affair FBI J. Edgar Hoover labeled the "crime of the century." After three years of
The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. It has undermined European security, raised questions about NATO's future
The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technologyresearch. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War technoscientific practices, imposingmethods that were pro
The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technologyresearch. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War technoscientific practices, imposingmethods that were pro
This issue of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs focuses on the topic of “Social Media & Social Activism.” While the jury is still out on the degree to which social media has impacted
The fictitious memoir of an unlikely foreign spy planted in Washington, D.C., in the years after World War IIRecruited by a foreign power in postwar Paris and sent to Washington, Winston Bates is with
A vast Imperial pleasure palace on the outskirts of the T'ang dynasty capital is the subject of a set of hanging scrolls acquired for The Metropolitan Museum of Art by The Dillon Fund in Spring 1982.
The international system and the individual nation states that comprise it face crucial decisions regarding both the means and methods employed to supply energy to the globe’s seven billion human inha
Learn to paint breathtaking spring, summer, autumn, and winter scenes with Watercolor: Seasons. From sunny spring days to snowy cold mornings, this book explores numerous techniques to create mood, us
The Cold War was not simply a duel of superpowers. It took place not just inWashington and Moscow but also in the social and political arenas of geographically far-flungcountries emerging from colonia
Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev's famous "kitchen debate" in 1958involved more than the virtues of American appliances. Both Nixon and Khrushchev recognized thepolitical symbolism of the modern ki
Technological optimism, even utopianism, was widespread at midcentury; in Britain,Harold Wilson in 1963 promised a new nation "forged from the white heat of the technologicalrevolution." In this heady
Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev's famous "kitchen debate" in 1958involved more than the virtues of American appliances. Both Nixon and Khrushchev recognized thepolitical symbolism of the modern ki
Winner of the African Politics Conference Group’s Best Book Award In September 1958, Guinea claimed its independence, rejecting a constitution that would have relegated it to junior partnership i
The Spring Framework is a major open source application development framework that makes Java/J2EE(TM) development easier and more productive. This book shows you not only what Spring can do but why,
The period since the end of the Cold War has been characterised by an acceleration in the European integration process, a changing pattern of political ideologies and the emergence of new political pa
