text Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965
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Describes how the collapse of power in the Philippines, the Congo, and Iran, among other places, contributed to Cold War tensions and explains how this cemented the United States' role as the world's great enforcer.
- Contents
- 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... Read more
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- Description
- 587 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA 2013
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 909.82 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 909.82 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 909.82 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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