13 Top nonfiction books like The Cold War In The Third World by Robert J. McMahon

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The Cold War In The Third World

By: Robert J. McMahon

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War in the Third World explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American…

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Cover of Homeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

1. Homeward Bound: American Families In The Cold War Era

By: Elaine Tyler May

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the 1950s, the term "containment" referred to the foreign policy-driven containment of Communism… read more

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Cover of Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq by Susan A. Brewer

2. Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq

By: Susan A. Brewer

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

On the evening of September 11, 2002, with the Statue of Liberty shimmering in the background, tele… read more

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Cover of Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis

3. Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Strategies of Containmentwas first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald … read more

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4. The Cold War: A New History

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more

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"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

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5. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

By: Stephen Kinzer

3.66

Format: None pages,

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6. Ideology and U.S Foreign Policy

By: Michael H. Hunt

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

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7. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen … read more

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8. Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy

By: Mary L. Dudziak

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

In 1958, an African-American handyman named Jimmy Wilson was sentenced to die in Alabama for steali… read more

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9. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

By: Benedict Anderson

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more

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10. Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II

By: Eric Foner , Roger Daniels

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Part of Hill and Wang's Critical Issues Series and well established on college reading lists, PRISO… read more

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11. Cuba: An American History

By: Ada Ferrer

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History ​“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more

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Cover of Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations, 2nd Edition by Peter H. Smith

12. Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations, 2nd Edition

By: Peter H. Smith

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Talons of the Eagle offers a vivid portrayal of the last two hundred years of U.S.-Latin American r… read more

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Cover of Eisenhower and Latin America: The Foreign Policy of Anticommunism by Stephen G. Rabe

13. Eisenhower and Latin America: The Foreign Policy of Anticommunism

By: Stephen G. Rabe

3.83

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Rabe's timely book examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Latin American policy and asse… read more

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14. Yankee No!: Anti-Americanism in U.S.–Latin American Relations

By: Alan L. McPherson

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In 1958, angry Venezuelans attacked Vice President Richard Nixon in Caracas, opening a turbulent de… read more

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Cover of Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America Since 1945 (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations (Paperback)) by Alan L. McPherson

15. Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America Since 1945 (Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations (Paperback))

By: Alan L. McPherson

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Over the last sixty years, the relationship between the United States and Latin America has been ma… read more

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Cover of The Invaded: How Latin Americans and Their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations by Alan L. McPherson

16. The Invaded: How Latin Americans and Their Allies Fought and Ended U.S. Occupations

By: Alan L. McPherson

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1912 the United States sent troops into a Nicaraguan civil war, solidifying a decades-long era o… read more

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Cover of Cubans in Angola: South-South Cooperation and Transfer of Knowledge, 1976–1991 (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture) by Christine Hatzky

17. Cubans in Angola: South-South Cooperation and Transfer of Knowledge, 1976–1991 (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture)

By: Christine Hatzky

3.50

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Angola, a former Portuguese colony in southern central Africa, gained independence in 1975 and almo… read more

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18. Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State (Volume 63) (American Crossroads)

By: Moon-Ho Jung

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Smithsonian Magazine 's Favorite Books of 2022 This history reveals how radical threats to … read more

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19. The Cold War In The Third World

By: Robert J. McMahon

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War in the Third World explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American… read more

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Cover of The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II by Mary Jo McConahay

20. The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II

By: Mary Jo McConahay

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One of WW2 Reads "Top 20 Must-Read WWII Books of 2018" • A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of S… read more

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Cover of Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order by Hal Brands

21. Making the Unipolar Moment: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Rise of the Post-Cold War Order

By: Hal Brands

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by crises… read more

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