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The Resource Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965, Michael Burleigh

Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965, Michael Burleigh

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Author
Summary
Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by examining the many, largely forgotten, "hot" wars fought around the world
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
587 pages
Note
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan 2013; first published in the United States of Ameica by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2013"--Title page verso
Contents
  • Introduction: From the Halls of Montezuma to the Green Zone of Baghdad
  • Japan opens Pandora's box
  • Harry Truman's world
  • Arab nationalism, Jewish homeland
  • Some more victorious than others
  • "Police action" : Korea
  • "Emergency" : Malaya
  • By Huk or by crook : the Philippines
  • Parachute the escargot : Indochina
  • Sometimes special relationship
  • Hungary and Suez
  • With us or against us : the Sub-continent
  • Losing by winning : Algeria
  • Terror and counter-terror : Kenya
  • The Cold War comes to Africa
  • Backyard blues : Cuba
  • To the brink : the Missile Crisis
  • Overreach : Vietnam
  • Watershed of the American century
  • Epilogue: Legacies
Isbn
9780143125952
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Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965
Title
Small wars, faraway places
Title remainder
global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965
Statement of responsibility
Michael Burleigh
Title variation
Global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by examining the many, largely forgotten, "hot" wars fought around the world
Cataloging source
YDXCP
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1955-
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Burleigh, Michael
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D431
LC item number
.B87 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
  • Military history, Modern
  • United States
  • World politics
  • Imperialism
  • Cold War
Label
Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965, Michael Burleigh
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Publication
Copyright
Note
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan 2013; first published in the United States of Ameica by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2013"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-567) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Introduction: From the Halls of Montezuma to the Green Zone of Baghdad -- Japan opens Pandora's box -- Harry Truman's world -- Arab nationalism, Jewish homeland -- Some more victorious than others -- "Police action" : Korea -- "Emergency" : Malaya -- By Huk or by crook : the Philippines -- Parachute the escargot : Indochina -- Sometimes special relationship -- Hungary and Suez -- With us or against us : the Sub-continent -- Losing by winning : Algeria -- Terror and counter-terror : Kenya -- The Cold War comes to Africa -- Backyard blues : Cuba -- To the brink : the Missile Crisis -- Overreach : Vietnam -- Watershed of the American century -- Epilogue: Legacies
Control code
ocn871192228
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
587 pages
Isbn
9780143125952
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
maps
System control number
(OCoLC)871192228
Label
Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965, Michael Burleigh
Publication
Copyright
Note
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan 2013; first published in the United States of Ameica by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2013"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-567) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: From the Halls of Montezuma to the Green Zone of Baghdad -- Japan opens Pandora's box -- Harry Truman's world -- Arab nationalism, Jewish homeland -- Some more victorious than others -- "Police action" : Korea -- "Emergency" : Malaya -- By Huk or by crook : the Philippines -- Parachute the escargot : Indochina -- Sometimes special relationship -- Hungary and Suez -- With us or against us : the Sub-continent -- Losing by winning : Algeria -- Terror and counter-terror : Kenya -- The Cold War comes to Africa -- Backyard blues : Cuba -- To the brink : the Missile Crisis -- Overreach : Vietnam -- Watershed of the American century -- Epilogue: Legacies
Control code
ocn871192228
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
587 pages
Isbn
9780143125952
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
maps
System control number
(OCoLC)871192228

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