Small wars, far away places : the genesis of the modern world / Michael Burleigh.
Publication details: London : Macmillan, 2013. Description: 1 v. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780230752320 (hbk.) :; 9780230771505 (ebook) :Subject(s): History, Modern -- 1945-1989 | World politics -- 1945-1989DDC classification: 909.825
Contents:
Introduction: From the Halls of Montezuma to the green Zone of Baghdad / 1. Japan opens Pandora's box / 2. Harry Truman's world. / 3. Arab nationalism, Jewish homelabnd. / 4. Some more victorious than others. / 5. Police action: Korea / 6. Emergency: Malaya. / 7. By Huk or by crook: The Philippines. / 8. Parachute the escargot: Indochina. / Sometimes special relationship. / 11. With us or against us: The sub-continent. / 12. Losing by winning: Algeria. / 13. Terror and counter-terror: Kenya. / 14. The cold war comes to Africa. / 15. Backyard blues: Cuba. / 16. To the brink: The missile crisis. / 17. Overreach: Vietnam. / 18. Watershed of the American century.
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Introduction: From the Halls of Montezuma to the green Zone of Baghdad / 1. Japan opens Pandora's box / 2. Harry Truman's world. / 3. Arab nationalism, Jewish homelabnd. / 4. Some more victorious than others. / 5. Police action: Korea / 6. Emergency: Malaya. / 7. By Huk or by crook: The Philippines. / 8. Parachute the escargot: Indochina. / Sometimes special relationship. / 11. With us or against us: The sub-continent. / 12. Losing by winning: Algeria. / 13. Terror and counter-terror: Kenya. / 14. The cold war comes to Africa. / 15. Backyard blues: Cuba. / 16. To the brink: The missile crisis. / 17. Overreach: Vietnam. / 18. Watershed of the American century.