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The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History; Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War by Mueller, Brian S.

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Alternative infrastructures: Poland and the shaping of early post-Colonial Nigeria, 1958–1970 1 by Kozdra, Jan

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China’s Abandonment of Self-Reliance and Sino-American Opening before 1979 by Millwood, Pete

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Koreagate Revisited: ROK Government Lobbying on the Human Rights Issue by Engel, Benjamin A.

“…Republic of Korea (ROK) lobbying in the United States during the 1970s, which blew up into the Koreagate scandal, is a widely known but understudied episode in…”
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Resistance International: Soviet dissidents, US conservatives, and Cold War 'anti-communist internationalism', 1983-93 by Brown, James

“…In 1983 a group of East European dissidents convened Resistance International (RI); a one-of-a-kind Cold War organisation designed to wage a global struggle…”
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Brokering Peace: Japan's Conflict-Resolution Role in Southeast Asia during the Cold War by Pressello, Andrea

“…In contrast to descriptions of Japan as a country that shied away from involvement in international political affairs during the Cold War, this article shows…”
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'Of the utmost importance for the survival of mankind': The Alerdinck Foundation, the Media, and Citizen Diplomacy to End the Cold War, 1984-1992 by Scott-Smith, Giles

“…In 1985, Dutch businessman Frans Lurvink created the Alerdinck Foundation and its Centre for East-West Communications. A private venture, Alerdinck set out to…”
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Forging the Indian Steel Industry: How Soviet Designs Won the Day by Trecker, Max

“…Indian politics tried to benefit from the competition between the two Cold War Blocs by gaining beneficial terms for economic cooperation and assistance. At…”
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Harnessing the amber waves: U.S. grain embargoes against the Soviet Union and the politics of insecurity, 1975-1980 by Evans, David L.

“…This article examines two grain embargoes the United States implemented against the Soviet Union in 1975 and 1980. Following the economic and political…”
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For Might and Right: Cold War defense spending and the remaking of American democracy: Michael Brenes, (Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020), 272 pp by McLoughlin, Keith

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Contra solidarity: revolution and counterrevolution in the united states and nicaragua by Lee, David Johnson

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Folklore and Global Cross-cultural Communication in the Communist World: Poland and China in the 1950s by Chabrowski, Igor Iwo

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The Sino-ROK chilli pepper trade prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations (1974–1978) by Liu, Chang, Chen, Lijuan, Chen, Yuan

“…As the international environment evolved and de-escalated in the 1970s, South Korea (the Republic of Korea, or ROK) adjusted its foreign policy to allow trade…”
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The political partnership between Israel and authoritarian Uruguay, 1972–1980 by Leibner, Gerardo

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Unwilling to Quit: The Long Unwinding of American Involvement in VietnamDavid L. Prentice, Unwilling to Quit: The Long Unwinding of American Involvement in Vietnam (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2023), 292 pp: David L. Prentice, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2023), 292 pp by Maguire, Lori

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‘That is where the similarity ends’: refugee policies, communities, and connections between Cubans and Vietnamese by Bustamante, Michael J., Lipman, Jana K.

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Refuge in Revolution: Chilean and Uruguayan Exiles in Cuba, 1973-1990 by Harmer, Tanya

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The Cold War History of Wheat Flour in South Korea, 1945–1960: the Discourse of Corruption and the April Revolution of 1960 by Chung, Dajeong

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China, Yugoslavia, and socialist worldmaking: convergences and divergencesZvonimir Stopić, Jure Ramšak, Liang Zhanjun, and Jože Pirjevec, eds. China, Yugoslavia, and socialist worldmaking: convergences and divergences (Koper: Annales, 2023), 373 pp: Zvonimir Stopić, Jure Ramšak, Liang Zhanjun, and Jože Pirjevec, eds. (Koper: Annales, 2023), 373 pp by Stubbs, Paul

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Soldiers of Fortune, Soldiers of God: Evangelical Mercenaries and the Making of the Rhodesian-American Religious Lobby, 1965-1980 by Young, Benjamin J.

“…This article tracks the emergence, evolution, and decline of the Rhodesian-American religious lobby, a transnational network of churches, magazines, lobbying…”
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