Armageddon and paranoia, Braithwaite, Sir Rodric

Автор: Braithwaite, Rodric
Название: Moscow 1941
ISBN: 1400044308 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400044306
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Автор: Braithwaite Sir Rodric
Название: Afgantsy
ISBN: 184668062X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846680625
Издательство: Profile
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Описание: Examines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander`s conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews, the author shows the war through the eyes of the Russians themselves - politicians, soldiers, advisers, journalists, and women.

Автор: Braithwaite Rodric
Название: Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation Since 1945
ISBN: 019087029X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190870294
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union and author of the definitive account of the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Sir Rodric Braithwaite offers here a tour d'horizon of nuclear policy from the end of World War II and start of the Cold War to the present day. Armageddon and Paranoia unfolds the full history of nuclear weapons that began with the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union and now extends worldwide. For decades, an apocalypse seemed imminent, staved off only by the certainty that if one side launched these missiles the other would launch an equally catastrophic counterstrike. This method of avoiding all-out nuclear warfare was called "Deterrence," a policy of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Still, though neither side actively wanted to plunge the world into nuclear wasteland, the possibility of war by misjudgment or mistake meant fears could never be entirely assuaged.

Both an exploration of Deterrence and the long history of superpower nuclear policy, Armageddon and Paranoia comes at a time when tensions surrounding nuclear armament have begun mounting once more. No book until this one has offered so comprehensive a history of the topic that has guided--at times dominated--the world in which we live.

Автор: Pingree Rodrick
Название: Rodrick`s Guide to Vermont Waterfalls, Cascades & Gorges
ISBN: 130484899X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781304848994
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 2931.00 р.
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Автор: Braithwaite, Rodric
Название: Moscow 1941
ISBN: 140009545X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400095452
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: In 1941 close to one million Russian soldiers died defending Moscow from German invasion-more causalities than that of the United States and Britain during all of World War II. Many of these soldiers were in fact not soldiers at all, but instead ordinary people who took up arms to defend their city. Students dropped their books for guns; released prisoners exchanged their freedom for battle; and women fought alongside men on the bloody, mud-covered frozen road to Moscow. By the time the United States entered the war the Germans were already retreating and a decisive victory had been won for the Allies.

With extensive research into the lives of soldiers, politicians, writers, artists, workers, and children, Rodric Braithwaite creates a richly detailed narrative that captures this crucial moment. Moscow 1941 is a dramatic, unforgettable portrait of an often overlooked battle that changed the world.

Автор: Braithwaite Rodric
Название: Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89
ISBN: 0199322481 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199322480
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle, the Soviets hastily retreated. It is a great story-but it never happened.
In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Rodric Braithwaite, the former British ambassador to Moscow, challenges much of what we know about the Soviets in Afghanistan. He provides an inside look at this little-understood episode, using first-hand accounts and piercing analysis to show the war as it was fought and experienced by the Russians. The invasion was a defensive response to a chaotic situation in the Soviets' immediate neighbor. They intended to establish a stable, friendly government, secure the major towns, and train the police and armed forces before making a rapid exit. But the mission escalated, as did casualties. Braithwaite does not paint the occupation as a Russian triumph. To the contrary, he illustrates the searing effect of the brutal conflict on soldiers, their families, and the broader public, as returning veterans struggled to regain their footing back home.
Now available in paperback, Braithwaite carries readers through these complex and momentous events, capturing those violent and tragic days as no one has done before.

Автор: Braithwaite Nancy
Название: Nancy Braithwaite: Simplicity
ISBN: 0847843610 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780847843619
Издательство: Rizzoli
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Описание: Interior designer Nancy Braithwaite`s long-awaited first book is a striking tutorial in the power of simplicity in design.

Автор: Braithwaite, Edward R.
Название: To sir with love
ISBN: 0099483696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099483694
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CARYL PHILLIPSIn 1945, Rick Braithwaite, a smart, highly educated ex-RAF pilot, looks for a job in British engineering. In desperation he turns to teaching, taking a job in a tough East End school, and left to govern a class of unruly teenagers.

Автор: Braithwaite Rodric
Название: Armageddon and Paranoia
ISBN: 1781257191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781257197
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Описание: In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again. Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation and considers what this has done to the world. There are few villains in this story: on both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions.

Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None of them wanted to start a nuclear war, but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do.

The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since. Rodric Braithwaite, author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy, paints a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history. Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today, as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more.