Search Results - "Cold War"

The Marxist and the movies a biography of Paul Jarrico / by Ceplair, Larry

Table of Contents: “…The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97.…”
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The judiciary in Central and Eastern Europe mechanical jurisprudence in transformation? / by Kühn, Zdeněk

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The origins of Central European legal culture -- Socialist legal culture in Central Europe : an introduction -- From Stalinist anti-formalism to socialist textual positivism : Central European judicial methodology during the Cold War -- Institutional changes after the collapse of communism -- Judicial methodology in a post-communist world : overcoming the concept of limited law? …”
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Cauldron of resistance Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s southern Vietnam / by Chapman, Jessica M. (Jessica Miranda), 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Anti-colonialism in Vietnam's wild south -- The crucible of southern Vietnamese nationalism and America's Cold War -- Sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem -- The sect crisis of 1955 and America's miracle man in Vietnam -- Destroying the sources of demoralization : Ngo Dinh Diem's national revolution -- A different democracy : South Vietnam's referendum to depose Bao Dai -- The making of a revolution in South Vietnam.…”
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And fortune fled David Lloyd George, the first democratic statesman, 1916-1922 / by Fry, Michael G.

Table of Contents: “…-- The thief in the night: the new dawn -- Paris: the transcendent man I -- Paris: the transcendent man II -- A relationship not so special -- Director of Europe (Frances Stevenson) -- Beyond a cold war -- Genoa and after -- From Cairo to Constantinople -- Chanak.…”
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Plane queer labor, sexuality, and AIDS in the history of male flight attendants / by Tiemeyer, Philip James, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The pre-World War II "gay" flight attendant -- The Cold War gender order -- "Homosexual panic" and the steward's demise -- Flight attendants and queer civil rights -- Flight attendants, women's liberation, and gay liberation -- Flight attendants and the origins of an epidemic -- The traynor legacy versus the "patient zero" myth -- Queer equality in the age of neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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And fortune fled David Lloyd George, the first democratic statesman, 1916-1922 / by Fry, Michael G.

Table of Contents: “…-- The thief in the night: the new dawn -- Paris: the transcendent man I -- Paris: the transcendent man II -- A relationship not so special -- Director of Europe (Frances Stevenson) -- Beyond a cold war -- Genoa and after -- From Cairo to Constantinople -- Chanak.…”
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Plane queer labor, sexuality, and AIDS in the history of male flight attendants / by Tiemeyer, Philip James, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The pre-World War II "gay" flight attendant -- The Cold War gender order -- "Homosexual panic" and the steward's demise -- Flight attendants and queer civil rights -- Flight attendants, women's liberation, and gay liberation -- Flight attendants and the origins of an epidemic -- The traynor legacy versus the "patient zero" myth -- Queer equality in the age of neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The Making of Détente : Soviet-American Relations in the Shadow of Vietnam / by Nelson, Keith L.

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The Making of Détente : Soviet-American Relations in the Shadow of Vietnam / by Nelson, Keith L.

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The politics of space security strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests / by Moltz, James Clay

Table of Contents: “…-Soviet space race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- Renewed U.S. space nationalism : 2001-2008 -- Expanding international norms amid tensions : 2009-present -- Alternative futures for space security.…”
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Labor and the American left an analytical history / by Elteren, Mel van

Table of Contents: “…The U.S. political system and institutional constraints on labor-based politics -- Organized labor, socialist parties, and early efforts to establish a labor party -- Labor and the left during the New Deal and the onset of the Cold War -- Corporate assaults on the labor left and the limits of post-war liberalism -- Labor renewal and the issues of immigration, globalized production and erosion of workers' rights -- The legacy of U.S. labor politics and challenges facing the left.…”
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The politics of space security strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests / by Moltz, James Clay

Table of Contents: “…-Soviet space race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- Renewed U.S. space nationalism : 2001-2008 -- Expanding international norms amid tensions : 2009-present -- Alternative futures for space security.…”
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Labor and the American left an analytical history / by Elteren, Mel van

Table of Contents: “…The U.S. political system and institutional constraints on labor-based politics -- Organized labor, socialist parties, and early efforts to establish a labor party -- Labor and the left during the New Deal and the onset of the Cold War -- Corporate assaults on the labor left and the limits of post-war liberalism -- Labor renewal and the issues of immigration, globalized production and erosion of workers' rights -- The legacy of U.S. labor politics and challenges facing the left.…”
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Frères Ennemis : The French in American Literature, Americans in French Literature / by Cloonan, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The creation of the American in Paris: the American -- The splendor and misery of the American scientist: L'Ève future -- The American woman and the invention of Paris: The Custom of the Country -- The expatriate idyll: The Sun Also Rises -- Truths and delusions: the Cold War in Les Mandarins -- Embracing American culture: Cherokee -- An American Excursion into French fiction: The Book of Illusions -- Rerouting: Ça n'existe pas l'Amérique -- L'Américaine in Paris: Le Divorce.…”
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Frères Ennemis : The French in American Literature, Americans in French Literature / by Cloonan, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The creation of the American in Paris: the American -- The splendor and misery of the American scientist: L'Ève future -- The American woman and the invention of Paris: The Custom of the Country -- The expatriate idyll: The Sun Also Rises -- Truths and delusions: the Cold War in Les Mandarins -- Embracing American culture: Cherokee -- An American Excursion into French fiction: The Book of Illusions -- Rerouting: Ça n'existe pas l'Amérique -- L'Américaine in Paris: Le Divorce.…”
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California earthquakes science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / by Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Reactions to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 -- Setting up a scientific infrastructure : seismology California style, 1910-1925 -- Bailey Willis and the promotion of earthquake safety in the mid-1920s -- Engineering a regulatory-state apparatus : seismic safety in the 1930s -- Earthquake experts and the Cold War state -- New initiatives for earthquake preparedness, 1964-1971 -- Seismic politics : responses to the San Fernando earthquake of 1971 -- Pushing prediction : establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program -- The regulatory-state apparatus in action.…”
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Federalism and European union the building of Europe, 1950-2000 / by Burgess, Michael, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Maastricht: the last treaty of the Cold War, 1989-93 -- 7. From Maastricht to Amsterdam, 1994-98 -- 8. …”
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Beautiful enemies friendship and postwar American poetry / by Epstein, Andrew, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Situating the avant-garde in postwar America: community, individualism, and Cold War culture -- Emerson, pragmatism, and the "new American poetry" -- "my force is in mobility": selfhood and friendship in Frank O'Hara's poetry -- Growing up with our brothers all around: John Ashbery and the interpersonal -- Amiri Baraka and the poetics of turning away -- "Against the speech of friends": Baraka's white friend blues -- "A rainy wool Frankie and Johnny": O'Hara, Ashbery, and the paradoxes of friendship.…”
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James Van Allen the first eight billion miles / by Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.…”
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Prosperity for all consumer activism in an era of globalization / by Hilton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.…”
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