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A Cold War Odyssey
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Author : Donald E. Nuechterlein
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-03-17
A Cold War Odyssey written by Donald E. Nuechterlein and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-17 with Fiction categories.
“A fascinating ride through a period of history in which United States foreign policies and relationships matured greatly.” —Ralph C. Bledsoe, Special Assistant to the President, 1982–88 The Cold War—that long ideological conflict between the world’s two superpowers—had a profound effect not only on nations but on individuals, especially all those involved in setting and implementing the policies that shaped the struggle. Donald Nuechterlein was one such individual and this is his story. Although based in fact, the narrative reads like fiction, and it takes the reader behind the scenes as no purely factual telling of that complex story can. Presented as the story of David and Helen Bruening and their family, A Cold War Odyssey carries us across three continents. Against a backdrop of national and international events, we follow the Bruenings through five decades as David’s governmental and academic assignments take them to all corners of the world. In the tradition of Herman Wouk’s Winds of War, the Bruenings’ personal and professional odyssey offers us a microcosm of world history in the second half of the twentieth century. Through the acute eyes of these participant observers, we see the partitioning of Europe after World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Watergate and Iran, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the end of the Cold War. With each succeeding episode, our understanding of the causes and consequences of international struggle is deepened through the Bruenings’ experience.
Practicing Public Diplomacy
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Author : Yale Richmond
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2008-02-01
Practicing Public Diplomacy written by Yale Richmond and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-01 with History categories.
There is much discussion these days about public diplomacy—communicating directly with the people of other countries rather than through their diplomats—but little information about what it actually entails. This book does exactly that by detailing the doings of a US Foreign Service cultural officer in five hot spots of the Cold War - Germany, Laos, Poland, Austria, and the Soviet Union - as well as service in Washington DC with the State Department, the Helsinki Commission of the US Congress, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Part history, part memoir, it takes readers into the trenches of the Cold War and demonstrates what public diplomacy can do. It also provides examples of what could be done today in countries where anti-Americanism runs high.
Down To The Sea In Submarines
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Author : Dan Conley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-09-02
Down To The Sea In Submarines written by Dan Conley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Down to the Sea in Submarines is a unique memoir that charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the period 1967 to 1997, and in doing so details many of the Silent Service's remarkable achievements since the end of the Second World War. It provides a dramatic first-hand account of the underwater confrontation during the Cold War between submarines of the West and the huge submarine force of the Soviet Union. Dan Conley narrates the successive stages from his basic submarine training to taking command of two nuclear attack submarines, but he does not demur from describing the personal and professional difficulties he encountered in this journey. He sets out in detail what life was like serving onboard both diesel and nuclear submarines, and in particular, the book describes the British submariner's remarkable transformation from the somewhat buccaneering, free spirit serving on a clapped-out WW2 boat during the sunset of the British Empire, to the highly professional individual who spends prolonged periods under the sea in a platform which matches the complexity of a space craft. The book describes the long and difficult challenges encountered in developing effective weapon systems for the British submarine force, and discusses the difficulties and shortcomings in the UK's defense procurement system, a situation which still exists today. Ultimately, however, Western technological superiority and crew proficiency enabled the submarines of the Royal and United States Navies to match those of the Soviet Union, and he describes vividly the suspense and tension of underwater confrontations which might so easily have escalated to another dimension of warfare. The book also sets out hitherto undisclosed details of submarine activities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world confronted the real possibility of a massive nuclear exchange. But it is not all serious content, and Conley offers a glimpse for the reader of many humorous situations and events, of animals that found themselves under the sea in a submarine, in one case during a war patrol, and other moments of levity that broke the tension of serving in a highly complex and sophisticated fighting machine. The Cold War era is now long past. However, it is evident that as the West now confronts an aggressive, recidivist Russia and a more aggressive China, Britain's submarine force once again will be key to the security of all its citizens. This fine memoir captures vividly the key events and history of the Cold War, and in doing so will open the reader's eyes to the significance and importance today of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
Korea S Twentieth Century Odyssey
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Author : Michael E. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30
Korea S Twentieth Century Odyssey written by Michael E. Robinson and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with History categories.
For more than half of the twentieth century, the Korean peninsula has been divided between two hostile and competitive nation-states, each claiming to be the sole legitimate expression of the Korean nation. The division remains an unsolved problem dating to the beginnings of the Cold War and now projects the politics of that period into the twenty-first century. Korea’s Twentieth-Century Odyssey is designed to provide readers with the historical essentials upon which to unravel the complex politics and contemporary crises that currently exist in the East Asian region. Beginning with a description of late-nineteenth-century imperialism, Michael Robinson shows how traditional Korean political culture shaped the response of Koreans to multiple threats to their sovereignty after being opened to the world economy by Japan in the 1870s. He locates the origins of both modern nationalism and the economic and cultural modernization of Korea in the twenty years preceding the fall of the traditional state to Japanese colonialism in 1910. Robinson breaks new ground with his analysis of the colonial period, tracing the ideological division of contemporary Korea to the struggle of different actors to mobilize a national independence movement at the time. More importantly, he locates the reason for successful Japanese hegemony in policies that included—and thus implicated—Koreans within the colonial system. He concludes with a discussion of the political and economic evolution of South and North Korea after 1948 that accounts for the valid legitimacy claims of both nation-states on the peninsula.
Odyssey Of A Taishan American
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Author : James L Eng
language : en
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-28
Odyssey Of A Taishan American written by James L Eng and has been published by LifeRich Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The use of coaching books systematically deceived the American immigration system during the years following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Follow Jim’s life as an eight-year-old immigrant from Taishan whose diligent memorization of false identities, dates and places erased all memories of his boyhood in China. After facing language difficulties and isolation during assimilation and education, he eventually achieves academic success. But then he must overcome the institutional racism of the 1950s, and reaches the plateau of middle class America during the Cold War. He finds himself oddly suited to the silence and secrecy shrouding his work with the military and NASA. But despite having lived the American Dream, he sees the world as a Chinese American in a racist society. Mr. Eng completed this memoir at the age of 95. He attributes his health, long life, and success to his beautiful wife Lan.
Adlai Stevenson And American Politics
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Author : Jeff Broadwater
language : en
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Release Date : 1994
Adlai Stevenson And American Politics written by Jeff Broadwater and has been published by Twayne Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Statesmen categories.
A clear and engaging biography of the two-time presidential loser to Eisenhower, the man who forged a liberal agenda under the pressures of McCarthyism and the Cold War. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Son S Odyssey
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Author : Lewis Allen Lambert
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-09-27
A Son S Odyssey written by Lewis Allen Lambert and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-27 with Fiction categories.
A Sons Odyssey is the third and final book on the life of Air Commodore Jack Meadows, the youngest flag officer in the RAF during World War II. The first two books, Michaels Messengers and Uncommon Warrior chronicled Jacks life from his early years in Poland until the day he disappeared near Munich, Germany on May 5th, 1945. A Sons Odyssey reflects the deep devotion of one man for another in an effort to satisfy a belief that Jack Meadows was alive somewhere in the world. A Sons Odyssey is a love story about two fathers and their sons, and the love of a mother for the father of her child.
From Brooklyn To Brookline
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Author : Sidney Krimsky
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-05-13
From Brooklyn To Brookline written by Sidney Krimsky and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Fiction categories.
This book is an autobiographical memoir of Sidney Krimsky who was born and grew up in Brooklyn and then lived for 55 years in California, Cambridge and Brookline, MA. He worked in many high tech organizations including Polaroid Corp. and the DoD. The book describes his European family background, the childhood memories of growing up in Coney Island, engineering challenges during the cold war era, marrying Dorothy Goldstein, his participation in redressing ethical social issues, family challenges, employment by the DoD, and various reflections and recollections over seven decades. Many photographs bring life to the words.
The Odyssey Of Communism
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Author : Michaela Praisler
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-14
The Odyssey Of Communism written by Michaela Praisler and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-14 with Performing Arts categories.
This volume looks into the ways in which film has contaminated and re-shaped culture(s) and the collective unconscious, at both local and global levels, arguing that our lives have been impacted by the ‘then’ that we keep revisiting, lest we forget. It takes the reader from the Berlin Wall to China, and from the terror of communist political prisons and labour camps to the rosy image promoted by propaganda. A key point throughout the text is its interdisciplinary nature, as it brings together literature and film scholars, directors, sociologists and philosophers, whose overall conclusion is that communism, lingering in mentalities, still needs interrogation. Structured along four parts which trace a Homeric (or rather Joycean) journey to a home metonymysed by the long-awaited freedom, this book sets out from the gloomiest aspects of totalitarianism in the Romanian, Serbian and Soviet ‘Hades(es)’ of traumatic psychological and physical experiences and of imposed silencing. The second part gathers together case studies of films illustrating more optimistic views of communism as ‘spring’ (in the USSR) or as a ‘golden age’ (in Romania), thus narcotising the communist ‘subjects’ and preventing them from seeing the actual inferno. The third section offers filmic accounts of the aftermaths of communism, engaging the readers in a nostalgic process that revisits, questions, reflects on and remembers communism on a larger, world stage. The coda rounds up the volume (and the journey therein) by crossing genre frontiers to written narratives with a cinematic component.
A Twentieth Century Odyssey
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Author : Norman A. Graebner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
A Twentieth Century Odyssey written by Norman A. Graebner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.