Search Results - "Libération"

Cold War Liberation : The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961–1975 / by Telepneva, Natalia

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Liberal city, conservative state Moscow and Russia's urban crisis, 1906-1914 / by Thurston, Robert W.

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Renovating Russia the human sciences and the fate of liberal modernity, 1880-1930 / by Beer, Daniel

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Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956 between the United States and the Soviet Union / by Borhi, László

Table of Contents: “…We do not wish to move a finger -- The myth of democracy -- The communists take over -- The merchants of the Kremlin -- Empire by coercion -- Containment, rollback, liberation or inaction?…”
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Through the history of the Cold War the correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs / by Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Cold War begins: containment or liberation letters, 1952-1954 -- The Cold War at its peak : the Soviet Union redux letters, 1954-1964 -- How history should be written letters, 1964-1983 -- The evil empire and the end of the Cold War letters, 1983-1988 -- The end of an age: American hegemony letters, 1988-2004.…”
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Stalin's wars from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / by Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.…”
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Master of the house Stalin and his inner circle / by Khlevni͡uk, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Table of Contents: “…The Stalinization of the politburo, 1928-1930 -- Power in crisis, 1931-933 -- A facade of liberalization, 1934 -- Terror and conciliation, 1935-1936 -- Stalin and the great terror, 1937-1938 -- On the eve of war : the new structure of Stalin's government -- Conclusion : master of the houses.…”
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Russia's foreign policy change and continuity in national identity / by Tsygankov, Andrei P., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Chronology of key foreign policy events, 1985-2009 -- Understanding change and continuity in Russia's foreign policy -- The Cold War crisis and the Soviet new thinking -- The post-Cold War euphoria and Russia's liberal Westernism -- The new security challenges and great power balancing -- The world after September 11 and great power pragmatism -- The U.S. regime change strategy and a new face of great power pragmatism -- The post-Western world and Russia's search for a new direction -- Conclusions and lessons.…”
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The New Russian Nationalism /

Table of Contents: “…-- Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today -- Everyday nationalism in Russia in European context: Moscow residents' perceptions of ethnic minority migrants and migration -- Backing the USSR 2.0: Russia's ethnic minorities and expansionist ethnic Russian nationalism -- Rallying 'round the leader more than the flag: Changes in Russian nationalist public opinion 2013-14 -- How nationalism and machine politics mix in Russia -- Blurring the boundary between civic and ethnic: The Kremlin's new approach to national identity under Putin's third term -- Russia as an anti-liberal European civilisation -- Ethnicity and nationhood on Russian state-aligned television: Contextualising geopolitical crisis -- The place of economics in Russian national identity debates.…”
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Soviet society in the era of late socialism, 1964-1985

Table of Contents: “…Sutcliffe -- Raped with politburon: bawdy humor and disempowerment in Yuz Aleshkovsky's prose / Olga Livshin -- Afterword: postcard from Berlin: rethinking the juncture of late socialism and late liberalism in Europe / Dominic Boyer.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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