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"While the Cold War governments of Eastern Europe operated within the confines of the Soviet worldview, their peoples confronted the narratives of both East and West. From the Soviet Union and its satellites, they heard of a West dominated by imperialist warmongers and of the glorious future only Communism could bring. A competing discourse emanated from the West, claiming that Eastern Europe was a totalitarian land of captive slaves, powerless in the face of Soviet aggression. In Curtain of Lies, Melissa Feinberg conducts a timely examination into the nature of truth, using the political culture of Eastern Europe during the Cold War as her foundation. Focusing on the period between 1948 and 1956, she looks at how the 'truth' of Eastern Europe was delineated by actors on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Feinberg offers a fresh interpretation of the Cold War as a shared political environment, exploring the ways in which ordinary East Europeans interacted with these competing understandings of their homeland. She approaches this by looking at the relationship between the American-sponsored radio stations broadcast across the Iron Curtain and the East European émigrés they interviewed as sources on life under Communism. Feinberg's careful analysis reveals that these parties developed mutually reinforced assumptions about the meaning of Communism, helping to create the evidentiary foundation for totalitarian interpretations of Communist rule in Eastern Europe. In bridging the geopolitical and the individual, Curtain of Lies provides a perspective that is both innovative in its methodology and indispensable to its field" -- Provided by publisher

This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945-1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by historians of post-war Britain

Introduction -- Cold politics, hot economics -- Multinational firms and political crisis -- Exit : managing crisis by finding the door -- Voice : diplomacy from the private sector -- Loyalty without solidarity -- Conclusion -- Interview appendix -- Index.

'Democratic Peacebuilding' considers the evolution of international peacebuilding since the Cold War. It examines, in particular, why international peacebuilders frequently face difficulties in spreading democratic practices and the rule of law in war-torn societies.

'Democratic Peacebuilding' considers the evolution of international peacebuilding since the Cold War. It examines, in particular, why international peacebuilders frequently face difficulties in spreading democratic practices and the rule of law in war-torn societies

A scholarly study of social protest in Honduras, including mass psychology, ideology, the Cold War, changing 20th century protest patterns, and contemporary protest against neoliberalism, class marginalization, privatization, "free trade" and ecology

Abstract: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization played a key role in safeguarding Western democracy during the Cold War. With that conflict over, NATO must continually adapt and evolve in a fast-changing world.

Twenty years after the end of the cold war, expectations run high on both sides of the Atlantic for another renewal of the Atlantic alliance and a relaunching of European integration.

Joseph Masco is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post–Cold War New Mexico.

A critical question as the United States enters this new 'cold war' is whether it has learned the lessons of the last—or whether it is destined to repeat its mistakes.

Examines the evolution of humanitarian assistance in peace operations in the post-Cold War years, its function in the context of globalization of the economy, and advantages and disadvantages of mixing politics and relief.

Argues that NATO is necessary for European security in the post-cold war era and that it is not necessary for it to expand its role to engage in out-of-area disputes.