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Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Oct. 1962, for thirteen extraordinary days the world stood on the brink of destruction. Krushchev wouldn't back down, President Kennedy wouldn't give in. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. Parallels between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are impossible to ignore. The Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to unfamiliar lands to fight a vaguely defined enemy, which eventually defeated their superior numbers with unconventional tactics. Although the Soviet leadership initially...
Author
Series
Natural hazard research working paper volume 72
Publisher
Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Series
Glaciological data volume rept. GD-16
Publisher
World Data Center A for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
With conflicts again dividing Russia and the United States, the need for balanced, accessible scholarship that benefits from new materials and critical perspectives is imperative. In seven lucid, groundbreaking essays, Stephen F. Cohen questions many conventional assumptions about the course of Soviet history, the fall of communism, and the effect of Russia's policies at home and abroad. Written for specialists and general readers, Cohen's essays...
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