The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjld (Somaiya Ravi)(Pevná vazba)

The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjld (Somaiya Ravi)(Pevná vazba)

Investigative reporter Ravi Somaiya uncovers the mystery behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskj ld in this true story of spies, intrigue, and unsolved crimes. On Sept. 17, 1961, Dag Hammarskj ld boarded a Douglas DC6 propeller plane on the sweltering tarmac of

The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjld (Somaiya Ravi)(Paperback)

Now in paperback, investigative reporter Ravi Somaiya uncovers the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskj ld, a true story of spies and intrigue surrounding one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. On September 17, 1961, Dag

Operation Morthor - The Death of Dag Hammarskjoeld and the Last Great Mystery of the Cold War (Somaiya Ravi)(Paperback / softback)

Operation Morthor - The Last Great Mystery of the Cold War (Somaiya Ravi)(Pevná vazba)

Who Killed Hammarskjold? - The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa (Williams Susan)(Paperback / softback)

A shocking expose of the true story behind the death of the much-beloved UN Secretary General, Dag

Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War (Kalb Marvin)(Pevná vazba)

'A personal journey through some of the darkest moments of the cold war and the early days of television newsMarvin Kalb, the award-winning journalist who has written extensively about the world he reported on during his long career, now turns his eye on the young man who became that journalist

Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (Noorani A.)(Pevná vazba)

Islam, South Asia & The Cold War is a collection of articles written by A. G. Noorani over the last twenty-five years, and published in various dailies and journals to which he has been a regular contributor, including Frontline, The Statesman, The Indian Express, The Illustrated Weekly of India

RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War: Thinking the Unthinkable (Walpole Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

_RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War_ is the result of ten years of research, involving many visits to the former German Democratic Republic by a small Anglo/German team of military specialists. Their purpose was to explore the lives of RAF and East German fighter and

The Cambridge History of the Cold War 3 Volume Set (Leffler Melvyn P.)(Pevná vazba)

The Cambridge History of the Cold War is a comprehensive, international history of the conflict that dominated world politics in the twentieth century. The three-volume series, written by leading international experts in the field, elucidates how the Cold War evolved from the geopolitical,

Latin America and the Global Cold War (Field Thomas C.)(Pevná vazba)

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary

British Submarines in the Cold War Era (Friedman Norman)(Pevná vazba)

British Submarines in the Cold War Era shows how a combination of evolving strategic and tactical requirements and new technology produced successive types of submarines. It is based largely on unpublished and previously classified official documentation, and to the extent allowed by security

Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below (Ozorak Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Nuke 'Em! Classic Cold War Comics Celebrating the End of the World (Wyn Aaron)(Pevná vazba)

Back in the 1950s during the 'Cold War' every new day beckoned the possibility of the end of the world. Kids grew up in the shadow of bomb shelters and were treated to daily lessons at school on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. Americans were besieged by constant reminders to police our

Free World - Art and Thought in the Cold War (Menand Louis)(Pevná vazba)

The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in the broadest sense - economic and political, artistic and

Military History of the Cold War, 1944-1962 (House Jonathan M.)(Pevná vazba)

The Cold War did not culminate in World War III as so many in the 1950s and 1960s feared, yet it spawned a host of military engagements that affected millions of lives. This book is the first comprehensive, multinational overview of military affairs during the early Cold War, beginning with

Hollywood Double Agent: The True Tale of Boris Morros, Film Producer Turned Cold War Spy (Gill Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, film producer and Russian double agent Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount Pictures, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce

Cold War Steve - Journal of The Plague Year (Steve Cold War)(Pevná vazba)

Back with a vengeance, collage superstar Cold War Steve goes viral, casting a scathing view on the past year on Plague

In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin (Hilsum Lindsey)(Pevná vazba)

The devastating biography of Marie Colvin, the foremost war reporter of her generation, who was killed in Syria in 2012When Marie Colvin was killed by an IED in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost one of its most fearless, accomplished, and iconoclastic war correspondents, an

The Solitary Spy: A Political Prisoner in Cold War Berlin (Boyd Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

Of the 2.3 million National Servicemen conscripted during the Cold War, 5,000 attended the secret Joint Services School for Linguists, tasked with supplying much-needed Russian speakers to the three services. The majority were in RAF uniform, as the Warsaw Pact saw air forces become the greatest

The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions (Godwin Joscelyn)(Paperback)

'The Golden Thread' traces the interconnectedness of esoteric wisdom in the Western world, from classical antiquity to contemporary Europe and America. Joscelyn Godwin lends personal perspective to an arrangement of text that is historical and wisdom that is timeless, creating a source of

Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin (Bauer Karin)(Pevná vazba)

Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the 'New Berlin' is at the same time a rich site of

Capitalism Versus Communism - The Cold War (Hichens Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The conflict played out between communism and capitalism for most of the second half of the twentieth century came quickly to be termed the Cold

Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Howard Dylan)(Pevná vazba)

This is--for the first time--the full and unedited story behind the sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being called one of the most significant scandals in American history He was the billionaire financier and close confidant of presidents, prime ministers, movie stars and

Human Rights or Global Capitalism: The Limits of Privatization (Nowak Manfred)(Pevná vazba)

The fall of communism in the late 1980s and the end of the Cold War seemed to signal a new international social order built on pluralist democracy, the rule of law, and universal human rights. But the window of opportunity for creating this more just, more equal, and more secure world slammed shut