During the Second World War, as the Soviet Red Army was locked in brutal combat against the Nazis, Joseph Stalin ended the state's violent, decades-long persecution of religion. In a stunning reversal, priests, imams, rabbis, and other religious elites—many of them newly-released from the Gulag—were tasked with rallying Soviet citizens to a "Holy War" against Hitler. To the del...(展开全部)

During the Second World War, as the Soviet Red Army was locked in brutal combat against the Nazis, Joseph Stalin ended the state's violent, decades-long persecution of religion. In a stunning reversal, priests, imams, rabbis, and other religious elites—many of them newly-released from the Gulag—were tasked with rallying Soviet citizens to a "Holy War" against Hitler. To the del...(展开全部)

The Soviet project of creating a new culture and society entailed a plan for the model-ing of "new" persons who embodied and fulfilled the promise of socialism, and this vision was expressed in the institutions of government. Using archival sources, essays, and interviews with journalists, Thomas C. Wolfe provides an account of the final four decades of Soviet history viewed th...(展开全部)

Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on U.S./Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. The thesis allows for use of anecdote and quotation to exemplify the policies.

Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on U.S./Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. The thesis allows for use of anecdote and quotation to exemplify the policies.

The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds but also the resources of Latin America. The fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks shadowed each other across the continent. At ...(展开全部)

◆著者简介◆—————————————————————— 沃尔特•拉费伯尔 当代美国著名历史学家。出生于美国印第安纳州，先后获斯坦福大学硕士、威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校博士。1968年以来在康奈尔大学任历史学讲座教授。主要著作有：《美国的时代：1750年以来美国对外政策的国内和国外方面》，《不可避免的革命：美国在中美洲》，《巴拿马运河：历史视野中的危机》，《新帝国：对美国扩张的解释，1865-1998》，《迈克尔•乔丹和新全球资本主义》，《死亡的赌注：林登•约翰逊、越南和1968年大选》。他还是《剑桥美国对外关系史》第2卷《美国对机会的寻求》（有中译本）的作者。他所著《冲突：历史上的美日关系》（1997年）获得班克罗夫特奖和霍利奖。 ◆译者简介◆—————————————————————— 牛可 北京大学历史学系 副教授 翟韬 北京大学历史学系 博...(展开全部)