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Cold War Island
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Michael Szonyi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A discussion of the history of the island of Quemoy during the Cold War.
Domination and Resistance
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Martha Smith-Norris
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Domination and Resistance illuminates the twin themes of superpower domination and indigenous resistance in the central Pacific during the Cold War, with a comp
Island of Shame
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Pages: 287
Authors: David Vine
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-23 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strate
Cold War Long Island
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Christopher Verga, Karl Grossman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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By the close of World War II, Long Island had transformed from a rural corridor to a suburban behemoth. The region became a nationally recognized manufacturing
Fearing the Worst
Language: en
Pages: 518
Authors: Samuel F. Wells Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-26 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed