Tchaikovsky 19 A Diplomatic Life Behind The Iron Curtain
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Tchaikovsky 19 A Diplomatic Life Behind The Iron Curtain
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Author : Robert F. Ober
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009
Tchaikovsky 19 A Diplomatic Life Behind The Iron Curtain written by Robert F. Ober and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Readers will discover the failures of Kissinger ́s policy of detente in the early 1970s, the mistaken departure from Carter ́s balanced policy toward China and the USSR, and the near-collapse of the embassy due to intelligence failures"-Foreign Service Journal. "Ober ́s book recounts it all, along with the personalities and events of the time now mostly forgotten: dissidents and refuseniks, Victor and Jennifer Louis, Nina and Ed Stevens, U.S.-Soviet summits, microwaves, bugged buildings and typewriters, fires, spy dust and spy mania . . . It ́s all there, the pageant of U.S. Embassy Moscow 1970-90, a place so unlike today ́s walled air-conditioned, high-rise embassy fortress a block away as to beggar the imagination."-Richard Gilbert, AmericanDiplomacy.org "You have wonderfully captured the way things were in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and ́80s. I don ́t know anyone who has done it better."-Donald Connery, former Time-Life correspondent, Moscow. "Together with much wisdom about American diplomacy, this rich memoir provides keen insight into Russian thinking and behavior"-George Feifer, "The Girl from Petrovka".
Foreign Service Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Foreign Service Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
American Foreign Service Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
American Foreign Service Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Guilty Before Proven Innocent
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Author : C. W. Pickett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-11
Guilty Before Proven Innocent written by C. W. Pickett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-11 with categories.
America's justice system is not very just. Over one-third of Americans are in the correctional system, more than any other country. Check the box that says you have a criminal record and say goodbye to a well-paying job or renting a nice house. The Mountain States, and Alaska, have the highest suicide rates in the nation - and the highest incarceration rates - in the world! Are incarceration, suicide and poverty related? By tying these three things together, we look at how families, especially women and children, are senselessly impacted by America's mass incarceration.Why bring in a case from 120 years ago? Some things never change. The final chapters tell of a man who was hanged for a murder he did not commit. From the very start, his case was controversial and pocked with assumptions. Tom Horn was "jobbed" and tricked into a drunken confession by a greedy deputy and an overzealous prosecutor. A power-hungry governor condemned him to death, and a woman was scorned for trying to help him. Many books are written about his case, but finally, after all these years, we learn the whole truth about the story of Tom Horn. Be prepared to be amazed, perhaps even a little shocked, as you read about life behind America's iron curtain called justice.
When The World Stopped To Listen
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Author : Stuart Isacoff
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2017-04-18
When The World Stopped To Listen written by Stuart Isacoff and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-18 with Music categories.
From the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Piano, the captivating story of the 1958 international piano competition in Moscow, where, at the height of Cold War tensions, an American musician showed the potential of art to change the world. April of 1958--the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the outcome of the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition seemed preordained. Nonetheless, as star musicians from across the globe descended on Moscow, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the Russian spirit. This is the story of what unfolded that spring--for Cliburn and the other competitors, jurors, party officials, and citizens of the world who were touched by the outcome. It is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most remarkable events in musical history, filled with political intrigue and personal struggle as artists strove for self-expression and governments jockeyed for prestige. And, at the core of it all: the value of artistic achievement, the supremacy of the heart, and the transcendent freedom that can be found, through music, even in the darkest moments of human history.
Soviet Internationalism After Stalin
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Author : Tobias Rupprecht
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-06
Soviet Internationalism After Stalin written by Tobias Rupprecht and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-06 with History categories.
The first multi-archive-based study of Soviet relations with Latin America from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Russian Migr Culture
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Author : Christoph Flamm
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-07-08
Russian Migr Culture written by Christoph Flamm 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 2014-07-08 with Art categories.
A quarter of a century ago, glasnost opened the door for a new look at Russian émigré culture unimpeded by the sterile concepts of Cold War cultural politics. Easier access to archives and a comprehensive approach to culture as a multi-faceted phenomenon, not restricted to single phenomena or individuals, have since contributed to a better understanding of the processes within the émigré community, of its links with the lost home country, and of the interaction with the cultural life of the countries of adoption. This volume offers a collection of critical articles that resulted from the international interdisciplinary symposium which was held at Saarland University in November 2011 as part of a one-week festival, “Russian Music in Exile”. Scholars from around the world contributed essays reflecting current perspectives on Russian émigré culture, shedding new light on cultural diplomacy, literature, art, and music, and covering essentially the whole 20th century, from pre-revolutionary movements to the present. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume shows that émigré networks were not confined to a particular segment of culture, but united composers, artists, critics, and even diplomats. On the whole, the contributions to this volume document the fascinating diversity, the internal contradictions, as well as the impact that the largest and most durable émigré movement of the 20th century had on European cultural life.
International Relations Music And Diplomacy
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Author : Frédéric Ramel
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-01-22
International Relations Music And Diplomacy written by Frédéric Ramel and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-22 with Political Science categories.
This volume explores the interrelation of international relations, music, and diplomacy from a multidisciplinary perspective. Throughout history, diplomats have gathered for musical events, and musicians have served as national representatives. Whatever political unit is under consideration (city-states, empires, nation-states), music has proven to be a component of diplomacy, its ceremonies, and its strategies. Following the recent acoustic turn in IR theory, the authors explore the notion of “musical diplomacies” and ask whether and how it differs from other types of cultural diplomacy. Accordingly, sounds and voices are dealt with in acoustic terms but are not restricted to music per se, also taking into consideration the voices (speech) of musicians in the international arena. Read an interview with the editors here: https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/content/international-relations-music-and-diplomacy-sounds-and-voices-international-stage
Daily Life Behind The Iron Curtain
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Author : Jim Willis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-01-24
Daily Life Behind The Iron Curtain written by Jim Willis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-24 with History categories.
This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe. Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain enables today's generations to understand what it was like for those living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, particularly the period from 1961 to 1989, the era during which these people-East Germans in particular-lived in the imposing shadow of the Berlin Wall. An introductory chapter discusses the Russian Revolution, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the Socialist state, clarifying the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall. Many historical anecdotes bring these past experiences to life, covering all aspects of life behind the Iron Curtain, including separation of families and the effects on family life, diet, rationing, media, clothing and trends, strict travel restrictions, defection attempts, and the evolving political climate. The final chapter describes Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall and the slow assimilation of East into West, and examines Europe after Communism.
My Life
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Author : Leon Trotsky
language : en
Publisher: Wellred Books
Release Date : 2023-03-02
My Life written by Leon Trotsky and has been published by Wellred Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Since My Life was first published it has been regarded as a unique political, literary and human document. Written in the first year of Trotsky's exile in Turkey, it contains the earliest authoritative account of the rise of Stalinism and the expulsion of the Left Opposition, who heroically fought for the ideas and traditions of Lenin. Trotsky's exile is the culmination of a narrative which moves from his childhood, his education in the "universities" of Tsarist prisons, Siberia and then foreign exile - to his involvement in the European revolutionary movement and his central role in the tempestuous 1905 revolution and the Bolshevik victory in October 1917 and the civil war which followed. The work concludes with his deportation and exile. With an introduction by Alan Woods and a preface by Trotsky's grandson, Vsievolod Volkov.