Global insurrection and the making of the modern world, 1945-1965
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 Epilogue: Legacies
