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Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line

Door Michael Szonyi

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#381003-UC11
Titel
Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line
Auteur
Szonyi, Michael
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
0521726409
ISBN13
9780521726405
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
During the height of the Cold War in the 1950s the small island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China and Mao Zedong's People's Republic. Local society and culture were dramatically transformed. Michael Szonyi uses oral history, official documents, and dissident writings to convey the history of the island during this period. In so doing, he sheds light on the social and cultural impact of the Cold War on those who lived through it, as well as on the relationship between China, the United States and the USSR at this critical moment. By analysing the effects of Quemoy's distinctive geopolitical situation on the economy, gender and the family, and citizenship and religion, the book provides a new perspective on ... (Lees verder)the social history of Cold War relations, showing how geopolitics can affect individual lives and communities.
Pagina's
310
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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