Perhaps the best synthesis of US-Cuba relations currently available. Schoultz offers a very nuanced approach to a very polarizing topic. His book is wPerhaps the best synthesis of US-Cuba relations currently available. Schoultz offers a very nuanced approach to a very polarizing topic. His book is well researched, balancing archival and specialist sources, and is a great first step to those interested in reading more in depth analyses of specific moments in the last half century of Cuban-American relations....more
Considered by far the most authoritative work on Soviet hockey history, it unfortunately only had a limited print run and copies are hard to come by. Considered by far the most authoritative work on Soviet hockey history, it unfortunately only had a limited print run and copies are hard to come by. However anyone who wants to study Soviet hockey should try and read it, as it is unparalleled in English....more
Pretty much THE book on the issue. By far the most extensive analysis of crisis behavior by China and America during Sino-American crises. Begins withPretty much THE book on the issue. By far the most extensive analysis of crisis behavior by China and America during Sino-American crises. Begins with the post-WWII period, and continues to 2006....more
Places the cold war and race relations side-by-side, showing them as two closely related issues which structured/shaped the history of the US after WWPlaces the cold war and race relations side-by-side, showing them as two closely related issues which structured/shaped the history of the US after WWII....more
A very interesting history of the post-war family, women's roles, and the fifties-era cult of "domesticity." A classic, and a very interesting read.A very interesting history of the post-war family, women's roles, and the fifties-era cult of "domesticity." A classic, and a very interesting read....more
One of only a few books to detail the entirety of Georgian history in English, Suny's edition is regarded as one of the definitive works on the topic.One of only a few books to detail the entirety of Georgian history in English, Suny's edition is regarded as one of the definitive works on the topic. Revised and updated in 1994, the newer edition covers the first years of post-Soviet Georgia....more
You can read this after Call the Midwife, because they go together. Sandbrook's monumental history of Britain from 1956 to 1962 explores whether, and You can read this after Call the Midwife, because they go together. Sandbrook's monumental history of Britain from 1956 to 1962 explores whether, and how, Britain had "never had it so good" - how Britain emerged from the austerity of the war years into a world of consumerism and the stirrings of change. But - as Jennifer Worth shows us - not everyone had it so good. Sandbrook also balances his social history with his political history very well, and relates complicated events like the Suez crisis in a way that's easy to understand....more
An astounding collection of essays meant to fundamentally recast how we interpret the Cold War. Begins with a great essay by Anders Stephenson, who arAn astounding collection of essays meant to fundamentally recast how we interpret the Cold War. Begins with a great essay by Anders Stephenson, who argues (in a purposefully provocative manner) that the Cold War actually ended with the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other great essays by Odd Arne Westad, Andrew Preston, Philip Mirowski, and many more. Absolutely essential....more
A very informative historiography/history/travelogue by a University of California professor who visits all of the major American Cold War museums to A very informative historiography/history/travelogue by a University of California professor who visits all of the major American Cold War museums to see how those museums frame the Cold War. His conclusion: ordinary Americans have failed to accept the museums' triumphalist narrative....more
A great collection of essays that challenges the assumption that the U.S. "won" the Cold War. There are several good essays about the American intelleA great collection of essays that challenges the assumption that the U.S. "won" the Cold War. There are several good essays about the American intellectual life during the Cold War that examine such notable figures as Reinhold Niebuhr, William Appleman Williams, and John Lewis Gaddis....more
A history on the Institute of Pacific Relations, a non-government organisation founded in 1925 to discuss and solve problems and relations between natA history on the Institute of Pacific Relations, a non-government organisation founded in 1925 to discuss and solve problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. ...more
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