Throughout the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union viewed themselves as saviors of the world, and each saw itself as working on behalf of humanity against the other. The unexpected implosion of the Soviet empire in 1989 brought an end to this bipolar world and left both nations uncertain about their relations to the world and to ...
"When Stars and Stripes Met Hammer and Sickle" tells the story of face-to-face citizen diplomacy that brought together Americans and Soviets during the closing years of the cold war. Looking specifically at five conferences held between 1985 and 1989, Ross Mackenzie recounts the experiences of artists, diplomats, government officials, and ...
The story of two girls, Katya from Moscow and Star from San Francisco, traveling across America, Making Friends is an effort to give the children of the world hope for the future. 52 full-color and 21 black-and-white photographs.
This is a comprehensive study of the US government's knowledge and perceptions of the Soviet Union before the Cold War. It is also an in-depth investigation into how US intelligence operations were carried out in the decades before World War II. The book examines in detail US intelligence-gathering and analysis on the Soviet Union in the period ...
A historical dictionary covering the period from the 18th century, when the United States began trading with Russia, to the present. It includes entries, arranged alphabetically, on events, policies, summit meetings and treaties, and also the people, organisations, institutions and businesses involved in the gamut of US relations with Russia and ...
Shiraev and Zubok analyze growing anti-Americanism in Russia, now high again after several years of "honeymoon" with the United States. An evaluation of this phenomenon is significant for assessments of current and future international developments and especially some "worst-case scenarios" in light of further steps towards European integration, ...
As the United States enters the twenty-first century, it confronts two powers that loomed less large on the world stage a century before. Yet American policies toward Russia and China have been shaped by attitudes going back even further, as this new book relates. "Distorted Mirrors" traces American prejudices toward the two countries by focusing ...
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