Professor xing yuqing, visiting research professor at the east asian institute and professor of national graduate institute for policy studies in tokyo, began his presentation with an examination of the. Cities and networks insights series a note from the editorial team. Eisenhower was for many years considerably less appreciated as a president. The spy who came in from the cold by john le carre, the cold war. The effort to mobilize intellectual talent during the war established new links between the government and the academy. A new history, gaddis discusses why the west won, and how it shaped the world. Stefan huebner has produced a fascinating volume that will interest scholars of the cold war in asia.
During world war ii, 1,619 medals were awarded to members of the army nurse corps, reflecting their dedication and courage, while 16 medals were awarded posthumously to those nurses who died in action. The new cold war is intelligent and thoughtful the first comprehensive compendium of the kremlins crimes against russians and nonrussians alike. In this article, hyeju jeong shows how stateplanned industrialisation projects in east and west asia, the expansion of us military complexes during the cold war, and transnational entrepreneurial networks that operated largely independent of states converged to produce macroscale exchanges between the two megaindustrial. The greatest espionage story of the cold war kindle edition. American military nurses of world war ii by kathi jackson. Asian diasporas and the cold war, inviting seven speakers at nus, 15 january.
Nonetheless, the formation of the national union of students in 1922 is the most significant impact that exservice students had on university life in britain. Michael oakeshotts cold war liberalism palgrave macmillan, 2015. The cold war was the first major conflict between superpowers in which victory and defeat were unambiguously determined without the firing of a shot. National union of students united kingdom wikipedia. In 1958 the nus president roland freemans closing address at the end of his tenure. Around 600 students unions are affiliated, accounting for more than 95% of all higher and further education unions in the uk. Secret files from world wars to cold war provides access to the british governments intelligence and foreign policy files from the period of appeasement through the early cold war 1873 to 1953, with a focus on the period around world war ii.
Oct 18, 2016 historic moments of germany in the cold war were, inter alia, the berlin blockade in 194849, the erection of the berlin wall starting on august 1961, president reagan on june 12th 1987 at the brandenburg gate in berlin demanding. List of books and articles about cold war online research. Professor tan specialises in south and southeast asian history and has published extensively on the sikh diaspora, social and political history of colonial punjab, decolonisation and the. Aug 19, 2017 the cold war and the making of singapore this august marks not only the month of singapores independence 52 years ago but also the formation of asean on 8 august 1967. Nus women unit, 1984 a request for alumni nus current archives are very incomplete, a result. Panasian sports and the emergence of modern asia, 19. Wwi and the foundation of nus national union of students. Gorbachevs adaptability, reagans engagement, and the end of the cold war by james graham wilson goodreads author 2.
The recent crisis between the united states us and iran, following the killing of general qasem soleimani, has engendered major dilemmas for indian foreign policy. Gaddis has revised and extended some of his analysis as a result, in books such as we now know. Now that the threat of nuclear annihilation is on everyones mind again why do you suppose that is, lets have some fun and take a look at my favorite movies from the cold war. And fellowships nus presidential young professorship, april 2019current. He also oversaw the first conflict of the cold war with korean war that was fought to a stalemate and hasnt really ended to this day. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, john lewis gaddis explains not just what happened but whyfrom the months in 1945 when the.
Ten histories of the cold war worth reading council on. Sayaka chatani national university of singapore academia. What was the order of us presidents during the cold war. His 1975 book student politics and higher education set out his views. Panasian sports and the emergence of modern asia, 191974. Craven was a key figure in the cold war beneath the sea. The dean of cold war historians the new york times now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. He has been a faculty member of the nus department of history since 1992 and served the faculty of arts and social sciences as subdean 19941999, head of the history department 20002003, vicedean 20012003 and dean 20042009. Without the shield of a strong, silent deterrent or the intellectual sword of espionage beneath the sea, that war could not have been won. The national union of students of the united kingdom nus is a confederation of students.
Huebner starts before world war ii, with the establishment of the far eastern championship games and the western asiatic games, and the role in panasian sport played by the young mens christian association ymca, which wanted to use international sport in service of western protestant. It seemed to work well for a few decades, the cold war notwithstanding. After the war, many of those who had worked with the military or the office of strategic studies took jobs in the burgeoning postwar structure of. However, brezezinski, the national security adviser of president carter of usa in his book holds that it was in 1978 that things began to go wrong in the soviet american relationship. In the aftermath of the second world war and with the onset of the cold war, the national. The national union of students and transnational solidarity, 1958.
Reflecting the consequential and multifaceted nature of the bilateral relationship, it brings together thirtyfive original contributions by a wide range of experts in the field. Asst prof rigos book manuscript investigates how and why business elites survived the cataclysm of the first world war in both western and eastcentral europe. Nov 03, 2014 gaddis has revised and extended some of his analysis as a result, in books such as we now know. For friends of nus, it is also an opportunity to reflect on and reminisce about your work and your colleagues across the decades. At the 1969 nus conference, then president trevor fisk came up against jack. Yale historian john lewis gaddis wrote seminal books about the cold war, during the cold war. Although the national union of students is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in.
Toward an intellectual history of the postwar years the cold war and the university. Nus library holdings julio borquez, newsmaking and policymaking. Dec 04, 2019 that same year, the asian financial crisis caused further havoc for asean, throwing the organizations largest member, indonesia, into political turmoil and ultimately causing the downfall of president suharto. In the atomic bomb and the origins of the cold war, campbell craig and sergey radchenko provide a highly stimulating and thoughtprovoking attempt to address this question. Civilmilitary relations in democratising indonesia. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. The contribution of nus and the wider student movement to the social history of the uk and beyond is a fascinating but still underresearched topic. List of books and articles about nurses in wartime. The national union of students of the united kingdom nus is a confederation of students unions in the united kingdom. The global world order that was established by a series of diplomatic initiatives after the calamitous second world war basically set the basic club rules for international relations on the basis of nearconsensus. Nus women unit, 1984 a request for alumni nus current archives are very incomplete, a result of materials being. Students and the cold war joel kotek translated by ralph blumenau, 1996. Laos relations in the years leading up to the vietnam war. Dobrynin begins with a brief description of how he, almost accidentally, became a diplomat.
A contemporary history, ang cheng guan nus press, september 2019. Spitzer editor, media and public policy westport, conn praeger, 1993. The atomic bomb and the origins of the cold war times. Strategic and defence studies centre, australian national university, 2001. The routledge handbook of chinaindia relations provides a muchneeded understanding of the important and complex relationship between india and china. Soviet troops liberated the north of the country from japanese occupation and set up a communist government there under kim ii sung, whilst the americans liberated the south and put an anticommunist government there, under doctor syngman rhee. Feb 08, 2006 yale historian john lewis gaddis wrote seminal books about the cold war, during the cold war. Nursultan nazarbayev, since 1991 the chairman of the security council of kazakhstan, and first president of kazakhstan, was granted the title translit. That same year, the asian financial crisis caused further havoc for asean, throwing the organizations largest member, indonesia, into political turmoil and ultimately causing the downfall of president suharto.
Gorbachev, tear down this wall, but also east germans travelling to hungary and the czechoslovak. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. The korean conflict and the postwar world harvard university press, 2015. After the war, many of those who had worked with the military or the office of strategic studies took jobs in the burgeoning postwar. The origin of the new cold war is generally traced back to december 1979 when soviet union intervened in afghanistan. A graduate of nus, president tan completed his doctorate at cambridge university. A study of singapores postcold war foreign policy, yogjakarta. The cold warkorean war wikibooks, open books for an. From 1975 until the end of the cold war, small neutral states in europe offered mediation and good offices and fought against the stagnation of the detente policy, especially in the framework of the conference on security and cooperation in europe csce, the. Mar 09, 2009 new book dissects reagans role in the cold war the rebellion of ronald reagan details how reagans attitude toward the soviet union was transformed during the 1980s.
The protatgonists in the cold war were the west, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union. He is simultaneously working on a second project that explores. Isas briefs nus institute of south asian studies isas. His work concerns the modern history of japan and east asia, the history of u. Lecture by professor tan tai yong, yale nus college national museum of singapore 19 august 2017.
Digby jacks, student leader who took on thatcher and won the. Her book challenges the conventional wisdom that the postworld war ii multiversity was created by military patrons on the one hand and academic scientists on the other and points instead to the crucial role played by university. Macadam attributed the formation of nus as a direct outcome of the war, claiming that the exservice element in it has been very strong. Television news and cold war propaganda, 19471960 new york.
Historic moments of germany in the cold war were, inter alia, the berlin blockade in 194849, the erection of the berlin wall starting on august 1961, president reagan on june 12th 1987 at the brandenburg gate in berlin demanding. Her book challenges the conventional wisdom that the postworld war ii multiversity was created by military patrons on the one hand and academic scientists on the other and points instead to. Professor tan tai yong is a historian and the president of yalenus college, national university of singapore. New book dissects reagans role in the cold war the rebellion of ronald reagan details how reagans attitude toward the soviet union was transformed during the 1980s. The cold war university is the academic component of the militaryindustrialacademic complex, and its archetype, according to rebecca lowen, is stanford university. This august marks not only the month of singapores independence 52 years ago but also the formation of asean on 8 august 1967. Seth jacobs argues that laos boasted several advantages over south vietnam as a battlefield, notably its thousandmile border with thailand, whose leader was willing to allow washington to use his nation as a base from which to attack the communist. The cold warkorean war wikibooks, open books for an open world. May 02, 2018 1983 chronicles a cold warera narrow escape from nuclear war.
Lecture by professor tan tai yong, yalenus college national museum of singapore 19 august 2017. Books relating to the history of nus and the student movement in the uk. Drawing from new sources and recent historiography, they present valuable new insights into soviet behaviour and bring fresh perspectives to american policymaking. Huebner starts before world war ii, with the establishment of the far eastern championship games and the western asiatic games, and the role in panasian sport played by the young mens christian association ymca, which wanted to use international sport in service of western.
Being taken out of a fairly secure engineering position in moscow during the second world war and sent to the higher diplomatic school, as it was known then, dobrynin became involved in the world of. As the cold war between the us and iran becomes actively hostile, india confronts difficult policy choices and cannot continue to walk the tightrope between tehran and washington. Korea was a japanese colony from 1910 until the end of world war two. Are we at the crossroads of history as the title of the final chapter of this book, that. In southeast asia after the cold war, ang cheng guan using carr as. He was viewed as a lazy and ineffectual statesman, a donothing who relied on men like sherman adams and john foster dulles to conduct national affairs. The cold war is the term used to define the period between the end of world war ii in 1945 and the ultimate collapse of the soviet union and its satellite states in 1991. Professor tan tai yong is a historian and the president of yale nus college, national university of singapore. Sep 24, 2019 the cold war was about building blocs. The epic story, from 1807 to modern times kindle edition by beschloss, michael r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. After his term as nus president, he wrote student politics and higher education isbn 0853153264, a book which examines the broad lefts political strategy in. Concerned with the soviet union attempting to spread communism he developed the policy that became known as containment.
Seth jacobs argues that laos boasted several advantages over south vietnam as a battlefield, notably its thousandmile border with thailand, whose leader was willing to allow washington to use his nation as a base from which to attack the communist pathet lao. The agatha awardwinning author of stirring the plot returns to the cookbook nook in crystal cove, california, where february brings pirate week, national chocolate monthand bitter murderpirate week is sweeping through crystal cove and. A new history by john lewis gaddis, tinker, tailor, soldier. New books about the cold war twentyfive years after the fall of the soviet union, new books explore what we have yet to learn from the cold war. The universe unraveling is a provocative reinterpretation of u. Sep 26, 2018 the global world order that was established by a series of diplomatic initiatives after the calamitous second world war basically set the basic club rules for international relations on the basis of nearconsensus. Although the national union of students is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in the uk, there are also the. This special edition of singapore and the world celebrates the crossroads of singapores national history with regional and global history.
In this article, hyeju jeong shows how stateplanned industrialisation projects in east and west asia, the expansion of us military complexes during the cold war, and transnational entrepreneurial networks that operated largely independent of states converged to produce macroscale exchanges between the two. On 12 april 2020, the sri lankan government announced that universities and schools across the country would reopen for a new term in midmay 2020, signalling that it is considering an exit strategy to end the islandwide curfew, the reason being that the virus outbreak has been. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading presidents of war. Macadam, the first nus president, had served in the royal engineers during the war. The unintended consequences of cold war area studies. The years following 1945 witnessed a massive change in american intellectual thought and in the life of american universities. Peter savodnik, time lucas is a fine writer, and his prose has all the verve and punch that the best of his magazine, the economist, has to offer. Elected nus president in 1971, jacks, along with his predecessor jack straw both.
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