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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la caída del muro de Berlín, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Profundizar en el contexto en el que se enmarca la caída del muro de Berlín, en plena Guerra Fría y división de los bloques Occidental y Oriental
• Descubrir las vidas de los personajes que tuvieron más relevancia para el acontecimiento
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1622) Forging Global Fordism: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Contest over the Industrial Order
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"Winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize for Best First Book, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations" "Honorable Mention for the Michael H. Hunt Prize in International History, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations" "Winner of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, American Historical Association" Stefan J. Link is associate professor of history at Dartmouth College.
A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression...
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Fast's fascinating biography of Joseph Broz, known to the world as Tito, including his rise to power and his remarkable stand against fascism The world was mired in the Second World War when Howard Fast wrote The Incredible Tito. Upon the book's publication in 1944, there was still no united Yugoslavia, the Axis controlled most of Europe, and D-Day was only in the planning stages. In the Balkans, Tito was a beacon of hope against the advancing Nazis....
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"A Spectator Book of the Year" Frank Costigliola is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. His books include The Kennan Diaries and Roosevelt's Lost Alliances (Princeton). He raises grass-fed beef cattle in Storrs, Connecticut.
A definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. Kennan
The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904–2005) ranks as one of the most...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la chute du mur de Berlin en moins d'une heure !
9 novembre 1989. Après plus de 28 ans, le mur séparant Berlin-Ouest, démocratie à l'occidentale, et Berlin-Est, bastion de l'URSS, tombe enfin. Marquant la fin d'une guerre froide qui aura divisé le monde au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la chute du mur de Berlin annonce celle de tout un régime. Bientt, les pays-satellites de l'URSS reprendront,...
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Eugene V. Debs exploded upon the national scene in 1894 as the leader of a sensational strike by his American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Parlor Car Company, a job stoppage, which paralyzed the country's transportation network for nearly two weeks. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs declared his allegiance to international socialism, emerging as the most widely recognized socialist in America. He would thereafter tour...
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This essay anthology explores the intersection of gender, food and culture in post-1960s Soviet life from personal cookbooks to gulag survival.
Seasoned Socialism considers the relationship between gender and food in late Soviet daily life, specifically between 1964 and 1985. Political and economic conditions heavily influenced Soviet life and foodways during this period and an exploration of Soviet women's central role in the daily sustenance for...
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In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and strategic advantages, Steller was to send back descriptions of everything he saw. The Empress's instructions were detailed, from requests for a preserved whale brain to observing the child-rearing customs...
1629) Return from Siberia
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In the lead-up to the Bolshevik Revolution, one young revolutionary is condemned to exile in Siberia; a hundred years later, his ancestors discover his story and learn just how much history has repeated itself. In the midst of running a long-shot political campaign, Democratic political consultant John Simon discovers a 100-year-old manuscript written by his grandfather Joseph-a brilliant young revolutionary whose exile to Siberia by the last czar...
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"After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day. In a book that ranks with the greatest adventure stories, Gregory Wallance's Into Siberia is a...
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A look at how four French writers of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s contributed to the rise of Stalin in their country and abroad.
Generation Stalin traces Joseph Stalin's rise as a dominant figure in French political culture from the 1930s through the 1950s. Andrew Sobanet brings to light the crucial role French writers played in building Stalin's cult of personality and in disseminating Stalinist propaganda in the international Communist sphere, including...
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William Zimmerman is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan, where he is also research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research.
The first book to trace the evolution of Russian politics from the Bolsheviks to Putin
When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing...
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An exploration of how a state transitions from the collectivized production and distribution of socialism to the consumer-focused culture of capitalism.
In Balkan Blues, Yuson Jung considers the state as an economic agent in upholding rights and responsibilities in the shift to a global market. Taking Bulgaria as her focus, Jung shows how impoverished Bulgarians developed a consumer-oriented society and how the concept of "need' adapted in surprising...
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"Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize" "Shortlisted for the Best Book in Cultural Studies Prize, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages" "One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books" "Honorable Mention for the Alexander Nove Prize, British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies" Katherine Zubovich is assistant professor of history at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Twitter...
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"Co-Winner of the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, Australian Government Department of Communications and the Arts" "2015 Silver Winner in History, ForeWord Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards" "Honorable Mention for the 2016 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" Sheila Fitzpatrick is professor of history at the University of Sydney...
1636) Stalin: The Man of Steel
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Stalin in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life of Joseph Stalin. Following the death of Lenin, who had overthrown the tsarist regime with the Russian Revolution, Stalin carefully eliminated his opponents and rose to power, immediately establishing a full dictatorship. Despite his many deplorable crimes, his contributions...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Stalin, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
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• Descubrir la vida de Stalin y el contexto en el que vivió, marcado por las revoluciones y el desarrollo de las ideas socialistas en Rusia
• Identificar los momentos clave para la llegada al poder de Stalin y el establecimiento de su dictadura, observando...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Staline en moins d'une heure !
Personnalité marquante de l'URSS, Staline a marqué de son empreinte l'histoire du XXe siècle. Auréolé de gloire suite à la victoire des Alliés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, son souvenir incarne le combat des Soviétiques contre l'Allemagne nazie. Mais l'homme d'acier cache une face beaucoup plus sombre. À travers le culte de sa personne, ce révolutionnaire...
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"Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin's means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, during, and after the Cold War. There was nothing "unprecedented" about Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. It was simply business as usual, new means used for old ends. The Cold War started long before...
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"From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War. In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, theUnited States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan...
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