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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Burleigh, Michael, 1955-     Subjects     Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- History -- 20th century.     Military history, Modern -- 20th century.     World politics -- 20th century.     Imperialism.     Cold War.     United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Burleigh, Michael, 1955-       by title:      Small wars, faraway ...         MARC Display

Small wars, faraway places : global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965 / Michael Burleigh. by Burleigh, Michael, 1955- New York, New York : Viking, c2013. Subjects Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- History -- 20th century.   Military history, Modern -- 20th century.   World politics -- 20th century.   Imperialism.   Cold War.   United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780670025459 (hbk.) : 0670025453 (hbk.) Description:  587 pages : maps ; 24 cm Contents:  From the halls of Montezuma to the Green Zone of Baghdad -- Japan opens Pandora's box -- Harry Truman's world -- Arab nationalism, Jewish homeland -- Some more victorious than others -- "Police action" : Korea -- "Emergency" : Malaya -- By Huk or by crook : the Philippines -- Parachute the escargot : Indochina -- Sometimes special relationship -- Hungary and Suez -- With us or against us : the Sub-continent -- Losing by winning : Algeria -- Terror and counter-terror : Kenya -- The Cold War comes to Africa -- Backyard blues : Cuba -- To the brink : the Missile Crisis -- Overreach : Vietnam -- Watershed of the American century. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 909.825 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.825 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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