Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in Africa, until his assassination during the military coup that brought down his government. Although his tenure in office was relatively short, Sankara left an indelible mark on his country's history and development. An avowed ......
A First-Hand Account of the Top-Secret Mission That Launched Operation Desert Storm
Before stealth bombers flew from Missouri to Tehran and back, battle-worn B-52s pushed crews and machines to the brink in a history-making, out-and-back combat strike. It set the gold standard for global reach—and forever changed the face of modern warfare.
This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these strategists of the nuclear age and brings to light a chapter in American political and military history never before revealed.
Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia after the Second World War was stalled by the cold war. At the same time, the work of ......
War Photographers showcases 50 images from IWMs unique collection that present photographers as both witnesses and participants in conflict. This selection features iconic photographs from the revolutionary Olive Edis, images from Bill Brandts Blitz series and works by official Photograph Units across a range of theatres.
ISBN-13: 9781912423668
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Kekkonen, Kennedy, and Krushchev's Cold War Showdown
The Finnish Front Line is a historical biography of Urho Kekkonen, the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland. The most controversial as well as the most misunderstood figure in Finnish history, Kekkonen governed Finland for twenty-five years from 1956 to 1981. Gordon F. Sander focuses on Kekkonen's pivotal first term as president, ......
War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952
The compelling history of how the US Marines and their allies fought to preserve the Corps and establish its role in national defense. Only five years after Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, the United States Marine Corps was close to becoming a hollow force. A parsimonious Truman administration and a hostile defense secretary, Louis ......
Looks into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power. This volume offers insight into the lives of peasants and China's complex social processes.
