The Triumph of Improvisation
Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
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In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust. Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, George H. W. Bush, and a host of other actors engaged with adversaries and adapted to a rapidly changing international environment and information age in which global capitalism recovered as command economies failed.
Eschewing the notion of a coherent grand strategy to end the Cold War, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of how leaders made choices; some made poor choices while others reacted prudently, imaginatively, and courageously to events they did not foresee.
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Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil’s thrilling account brings to life the seminal episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relations—the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each case, we see and understand like never before Stalin’s determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe.
Given current echoes of the Cold War, as Putin’s Russia rattles the world order, the tenuous balance of power and uncertain order of the late 1940s is as relevant as ever. The Marshall Plan provides critical context into understanding today’s international landscape. Bringing to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Steil’s account will forever change how we see the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cold War. A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, this is an instant classic of Cold War literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Deeply Researched Narrative
- De Jean en 10-18-18
De: Benn Steil
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A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 263
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Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on the Top Leadership
- De Augustus T. White en 08-13-10
De: Vladimir Zubok
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The Crusader
- Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
- De: Paul Kengor
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 125
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God and Ronald Reagan made presidential historian Paul Kengor's name as one of the premier chroniclers of the life and career of the 40th president. With The Crusader, Kengor returns with the one book about Reagan that has not been written: the story of his lifelong crusade against communism and of his dogged and ultimately triumphant effort to overthrow the Soviet Union.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Whether you like Reagan or not....
- De Daryl en 10-20-13
De: Paul Kengor
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Collapse
- The Fall of the Soviet Union
- De: Vladislav M. Zubok
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 23 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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In 1945, the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong, 5,000 nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward, the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hopefully Not Prescient
- De Joshua en 01-29-22
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Not One Inch
- America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
- De: M.E. Sarotte
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Based on over a hundred interviews and on secret records of White House-Kremlin contacts, Not One Inch shows how the United States successfully overcame Russian resistance in the 1990s to expand NATO to more than 900 million people. But it also reveals how Washington's hardball tactics transformed the era between the Cold War and the present day, undermining what could have become a lasting partnership.
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5 out of 5 stars
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America's NATO problem
- De Jeffrey D en 03-24-22
De: M.E. Sarotte
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Magnificent Delusions
- Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
- De: Husain Haqqani
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 201
A character-driven history that describes the bizarrely ill-suited alliance between America and Pakistan, written by a uniquely insightful participant: Pakistan's former ambassador to the US. The relationship between America and Pakistan is based on mutual incomprehension, and always has been. Pakistan - to American eyes - has gone from being a stabilizing friend to an essential military ally to a seedbed of terror.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It it Delusions or Sleeping with the Enemy
- De Shah Alam en 01-28-14
De: Husain Haqqani
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When the World Seemed New
- George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
- De: Jeffrey A. Engel
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 20 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a US president faced such opportunities and challenges. As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this hard-to-pause history, behind closed doors, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Right Man at the Right Time in the Right Job
- De A. M. en 09-12-18
De: Jeffrey A. Engel
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Losing an Enemy
- Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
- De: Trita Parsi
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 45
This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. Drawing from more than 75 in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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required reading
- De Seth K en 07-18-19
De: Trita Parsi
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- De: Angela Stent
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More like The West against the world
- De Felis N en 01-18-20
De: Angela Stent
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Ike's Gamble
- America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
- De: Michael Doran
- Narrado por: Casey Jones
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing the Middle East to the brink of war. The British and the French, who operated the canal, joined with Israel in a plan to retake it by force. Despite the special relationship between England and America, Dwight Eisenhower intervened to stop the invasion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tightly Argued
- De Jean en 01-10-17
De: Michael Doran
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The End of the Cold War 1985-1991
- De: Robert Service
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 21 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
Drawing on new archival research, Robert Service's gripping new investigation of the final years of the Cold War - the first to give equal attention to the internal deliberations from both sides of the Iron Curtain - opens a window onto the dramatic years that would irrevocably alter the world's geopolitical landscape and the men at their fore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Behind the scenes look at a pivotal period of time
- De Mike From Mesa en 09-20-16
De: Robert Service
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Kissinger's Shadow
- The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
- De: Greg Grandin
- Narrado por: Brian O'Neill
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance. In his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America - its never-ending wars abroad and political polarization at home - we have to understand Henry Kissinger.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Rehash of Rehashes...nothing new
- De A. M. en 10-06-19
De: Greg Grandin
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 980
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Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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Kissinger: Volume I
- 1923-1968: The Idealist
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super-K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama - he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every "telcon" for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial biography, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- De Jean en 11-10-15
De: Niall Ferguson
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Asia's Reckoning
- China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
- De: Richard Mcgregor
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Richard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good info to learn, but...
- De Neal en 02-24-18
De: Richard Mcgregor
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Democracy
- Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
- De: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Grace Angela Henry
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Case for Democracy
- De Jean en 05-18-17
De: Condoleezza Rice
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Camelot's Court
- Inside the Kennedy White House
- De: Robert Dallek
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls "Kennedy's leading biographer", delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors, their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration - including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam - were indelible.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well Researched but Critically Flawed
- De brent lloyd en 02-08-22
De: Robert Dallek
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How Wars End
- Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
- De: Gideon Rose
- Narrado por: Gideon Rose
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it again. How could this happen? How could the strongest power in modern history fight two wars against the same opponent in just over a decade, win lightning victories both times, and yet still be woefully unprepared for the aftermath? Because Americans always forget the political aspects of war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- De Luis en 11-04-10
De: Gideon Rose
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- Max
- 03-14-19
exceptional performance, suprficial text
the author is or pretends to be ignorant about undercover events, only the newspaper facts
exceptional performance, suprficial text
exceptional performance, suprficial text
exceptional performance, suprficial text
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