Macmillan. Very Good. 6.02 x 1.69 x 9.21 inches. Paperback. 2013. 588 pages. <br>The collapse of Western colonial empires in the 20 years after the Second World War led to a series of vicious powe r struggles in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. This panoramic h istory takes us from Palestine to Pakistan, from Algeria to Cuba, and from Kenya to Indochina. By forcing us to look away from the ... .

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A sweeping history of the Cold War’s many “hot” wars born in the last gasps of empire The Cold War reigns in popular imagination as a period of tension between the two post-World War II superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, without direct conflict. Drawing from new archival research, prize-winning historian Michael Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by examining the many, largely forgotten, “hot” wars fought around the world. As once-great Western colonial empires collapsed, counter-insurgencies campaigns raged in the Philippines, the Congo, Iran, and other faraway places. Dozens of new nations struggled into existence, the legacies of which are still felt today. Placing these vicious struggles alongside the period-defining United States and Soviet standoffs in Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba, Burleigh swerves from Algeria to Kenya, to Vietnam and Kashmir, interspersing top-level diplomatic negotiations with portraits of the charismatic local leaders. The result is a dazzling work of history, a searing analysis of the legacy of imperialism and a reminder of just how the United States became the world’s great enforcer.

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Bookseller: bookexpress.co.nz (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1053ak
Title: Small Wars, Far Away Places
Author: Michael Burleigh
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0230768873
ISBN 13: 9780230768871
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: Uk
Date Published: 2013
Keywords: 20th, century, history:, c, 1900, to, c, 2000,postwar, 20th, century, history,from, c, 1945, to, c, 2000

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