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Free Download International Intervention in the Post-Cold War World: Moral Responsibility and Power Politics By Michael C. Davis, Wolfgang Dietrich, Bettina Scholdan
2003 | 344 Pages | ISBN: 0765612445 | EPUB | 1 MB
International intervention on humanitarian grounds has been a contentious issue for decades. First, it pits the principle of state sovereignty against claims of universal human rights. Second, the motivations of intervening states may be open to question when avowals of moral action are arguably the fig leaf covering an assertion of power for political advantage. These questions have been salient in the context of the Balkan and African wars and U.S. policy in the Middle East. This volume undertakes a serious, systematic, and broadly international review of the issues.

Free Download The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990: Retreat and Revival by Edward Hampshire
English | August 15, 2024 | ISBN: 1399041231 | 798 pages | PDF | 31 Mb
The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990: Retreat and Revival is the first book to cover this subject in depth for more than thirty years. With unique access to primary, archival sources, Edward Hampshire offers important and fascinating insights into the naval dimension of the Cold War. During the period covered by this new book the Royal Navy faced some of its greatestchallenges, both at sea confronting the increasingly capable and impressive Soviet Navy,and on shore when it faced policy crises that threatened the survival of much of the fleet.During this remarkable period, the Navy had rarely been so focused on a single theater ofwar-the Eastern Atlantic-but also rarely so politically vulnerable. The author sets out to analyze shadowing operations and confrontations at sea withSoviet ships and submarines; the Navy’s role in the enormous NATO and Warsaw Pactnaval exercises that acted out potential war scenarios; individual operations from theFalklands and the 1990-91 Gulf War to the Beira and Armilla patrols; the development ofadvanced naval technologies to counter Soviet capabilities; policy-making controversiesas the three services fought for resources-including the controversial 1981 Nott defensereview; and what life was like in the Cold War navy for ratings and officers. The book, thefirst to cover this subject in depth for more than thirty years, will make use of the full rangeof archival sources that have been publicly available over the last two decades, but ofwhich little use has been made by historians. This work is destined to become a definitive naval history of the period. It also provides afascinating and gripping narrative of a navy under threat from many directions but whichsurvived and eventually prospered, winning a remarkable victory in the far South Atlanticmore than seven thousand from its expected battleground in the North Atlantic. Written for a wide audience, this book will appeal to professional and enthusiast alike.

Free Download Vladimir Gennadyevich Shubin, "The Hot ‘Cold War’: The USSR in Southern Africa"
English | 2008 | pages: 337 | ISBN: 0745324738, 074532472X | PDF | 1,9 mb
This book analyses the causes of armed conflicts in Southern Africa during the Cold War. It examines the influence of the various external forces in the region during this period and their relationship to local movements and governments. The book focuses on states experiencing violent internal conflict and foreign intervention, that is Angola, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa and Zimbabwe. The author provides an unique history of the key part that the Soviet Union played in these developments. Spanning 30 years, the book explores how each country struggled for genuine independence against colonialism and apartheid and their place in the wider conflicts encompassed by the Cold War.

Free Download The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World by Hal Brands
English | January 14th, 2025 | ISBN: 132403694X | 320 pages | True EPUB | 1.07 MB
One of Foreign Policy’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025

Free Download Mastering Cold Emailing: A Practical Guide for Businesses by Stefan Florin
English | September 15, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DH6VC74Y | 94 pages | EPUB | 0.47 Mb
Unlock the Power of Cold Emailing to Drive Leads, Build Relationships, and Grow Your Business!

Free Download Charlotte Greig, "Cold Blooded Killings: Hits, Assassinations, and Near Misses That Shook the World"
English | ISBN: 1841934054 | 2009 | 208 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
This book explores the most notorious cases of assassinations in our history, looking in depth at the killers, their motives and the impact the deaths of the victims had on society. She also looks at notable failed attempts on the lives of the famous.

Free Download The ABCs of Cold War History: Anglo-America, Bloc Sovietique, China, 1919-1994 by Bruce A. Elleman
English | December 3, 2024 | ISBN: 1839992271 | True EPUB | 92 pages | 2.6 MB
A short, but highly relevant, history of the Cold War, 1919-1994, and its significance today. The 75-year Cold War pitted the Anglo-American world against the Soviet Bloc, with China, the ultimate prize. Chapter A will examine the creation of the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the end of World War I, 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty, and the lead-in to World War II. Chapter B will examine the Bolshevik revolution, 1919 Comintern creation, 1924 Soviet Bloc creation, the tumultuous 1930s, World War II, plus Soviet competition with America and England through 1949. Chapter C will discuss a China torn between West and East, finally joining the Soviet bloc in 1949 but by 1979 rejoining the West, and cooperating to destroy the USSR from 1979 to 1994, when the final Russian troops left Germany. In the Conclusion, the Cold War’s impact and strategic significance today will be discussed.

Free Download Convair B-36 Peacemaker: Cold War Nuclear Bomber and Largest Mass-Produced Piston-Engine Aircraft Ever Built by Graham M Simons
English | January 16, 2025 | ISBN: 1526787318 | 725 pages | PDF | 81 Mb
The B-36 Peacemaker, a Cold War icon, was America’s first intercontinental nuclear bomber with unmatched range and technological innovation.

Free Download Cold War Deceptions: The Asia Foundation and the CIA by David H. Price
English | March 19, 2024 | ISBN: 0295752246 | 358 pages | PDF | 8.64 Mb
Investigates how the CIA tried to influence scholars and governments

Free Download Shahin P. Malik, Alan P. Dobson, "Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Cold War"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138614211, 1138614238 | EPUB | pages: 300 | 1.0 mb
Published in 1999. These essays are not deconstructive in the postmodern sense. None of the authors have that depth of scepticism about knowledge claims, but they are all concerned that the terms of reference of Cold War enquiry have been inappropriately bounded. The chapters by Murray and Reynolds specifically address the broad theoretical issues involved with paradigms and explanation. The chapters by Dobson, Marsh, Malik, Evans and Dix stretch out Cold War paradigms with successive case studies of Anglo-American relations; the USA, Britain, Iran and the oil majors; the Gulf States and the Cold War; South Africa and the Cold War; and Indian neutralism. All five authors challenge the efficacy of neo-realist analysis and explanation and critique the way that assumptions derived from that position have been used in historical explanation. The chapters by Ryall, Rogers and Bideleux deal with Roman Catholicism in East Central Europe, with nuclear matters and with the Soviet perspective. Each work goes beyond the limits of Cold War paradigms. Finally, Ponting places the Cold War in the broad context of world history. These essays provide thought-provoking scholarship which helps us both to nuance our understanding of the Cold War and to realise that it should not be taken as an all-embracing paradigm for the explanation of postwar international relations.