Author: Richard RohmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Massacre 007
Author: Richard RohmerThe KAL 007 Massacre -- Lessons and Response
Author: KAL Flight #007
Author: Engaging the Evil Empire
Author: Simon MilesPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501751719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
In a narrative-redefining approach, Engaging the Evil Empire dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking key events in US-Soviet relations across the years between 1980 and 1985, Simon Miles shows that covert engagement gave way to overt conversation as both superpowers determined that open diplomacy was the best means of furthering their own, primarily competitive, goals. Miles narrates the history of these dramatic years, as President Ronald Reagan consistently applied a disciplined carrot-and-stick approach, reaching out to Moscow while at the same time excoriating the Soviet system and building up US military capabilities. The received wisdom in diplomatic circles is that the beginning of the end of the Cold War came from changing policy preferences and that President Reagan in particular opted for a more conciliatory and less bellicose diplomatic approach. In reality, Miles clearly demonstrates, Reagan and ranking officials in the National Security Council had determined that the United States enjoyed a strategic margin of error that permitted it to engage Moscow overtly. As US grand strategy developed, so did that of the Soviet Union. Engaging the Evil Empire covers five critical years of Cold War history when Soviet leaders tried to reduce tensions between the two nations in order to gain economic breathing room and, to ensure domestic political stability, prioritize expenditures on butter over those on guns. Miles's bold narrative shifts the focus of Cold War historians away from exclusive attention on Washington by focusing on the years of back-channel communiqués and internal strategy debates in Moscow as well as Prague and East Berlin.
The KAL 007 Massacre
Author: Franz A KadellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Exit with Honor
Author: William E PembertonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317470877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Few presidents have sparked as much interest in recent years as Ronald Reagan, already the subject of a large number of biographies and specialized subjects. This biography, based on recent research into the Reagan archives and synthesis of the large memoir literature, explores the shaping of his values and beliefs during his childhood in the American heartland, his leadership of the American conservative movement, and his successful political career culminating in the first two-term presidency since Dwight Eisenhower. Pemberton finds Reagan's personal career and ability to understand and communicate with the American people admirable, but finds many of the long-term effects of his presidency harmful.
James Bond #11
Author: Warren EllisPublisher: Dynamite Entertainment
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
EIDOLON, CHAPTER 5: Eidolon have M and Moneypenny, in a remote safehouse, with no hope of backup, no aid on the way, and no sign of James Bond. Fear and paranoia and the collapse of governmental structure are in sight. Britain is going back to the Dark Ages and SPECTRE, finally, have won.
Sir John A.'s Crusade and Seward's Magnificent Folly
Author: Richard RohmerPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145970987X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation focused on Sir John A. Macdonald and set on the eve of Canada's birth in both London, England, and Highclere Castle, now widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series Downton Abbey.
Aviation Terrorism
Author: Jin-Tai ChoiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349231754
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
However, the forces of law have failed to keep ahead of advancing threats. As hijacking has become more difficult, terrorists have adopted new tactics, such as sabotage bombing. Thus, while the 1960s and the 1970s were the age of aircraft hijackings, the 1980s could be said to be the age of sabotage bomb attacks in civil aviation history.
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