In the Shadow of the Cold War

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In the Shadow of the Cold War
Author : Timothy J. Lynch
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 05 December 2019
ISBN : 9780521199872
Pages : 273 pages
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Examines American engagement with the world from the fall of Soviet communism through the opening years of the Trump administration.

In the Shadow of the Cold War

Examines American engagement with the world from the fall of Soviet communism through the opening years of the Trump administration.

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