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The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind de Martin Sixsmith

The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind

Autor Martin Sixsmith
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 noi 2021
BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'It was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it' The Times'Essential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith' ForbesMore than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. Nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures: not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears.Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering personalities like Khrushchev, Kennedy and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping account of fear itself - one which is more resonant than ever today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781781259122
ISBN-10: 1781259127
Pagini: 592
Ilustrații: 2 x 8pp colour plate section + 50 integrated b&w images
Dimensiuni: 154 x 238 x 52 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Wellcome Collection
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Martin Sixsmith studied Russian at Oxford, Harvard, the Sorbonne and in St Petersburg, and psychology at Birkbeck and London Metropolitan University. He witnessed the end of the Cold War first hand, reporting for the BBC from Moscow during the presidencies of Gorbachev and Yeltsin. He is the author of two novels and several works of non-fiction, including Philomena and Russia: A 1,000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East.

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Essential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith
An ambitious study of the cold war ... filled with fascinating insights into the psychology of one of the most dangerous periods in world history ... illuminating
There have been many histories of the cold war, but the virtue and originality of Mr Sixsmith's is to see almost every aspect of the stand-off in psychological terms
Written with exemplary clarity and full of succulent anecdotes ... Sixsmith's huge canvas encompasses the Space Race, the motivations of the Cambridge spies, and the details of Project MK Ultra
Peppered with anecdotes, archival nuggets and flashes of insight ... stands out from other Cold War narratives by [its] sheer range of cultural references and detail ... it was time for a vivid, popular history of the Cold War, and this is it
This fascinating study of Cold War psychology also has much to teach us about contemporary tensions
Praise for Martin Sixsmith:'Sixsmith has the knack of delivering complex material with a clear voice
A lively chronicle
Russia, a 1,000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East contains many of the required ingredients to become the leading popular history of Russia. Colloquial, personal and anecdotal in style ... well researched and factually sound.
Russia delivers a thoroughly satisfying history...a lively opinionated narrative.

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A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.