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Someone is out to get us : a not so brief history of Cold War paranoia and madness / Brian T. Brown.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.S65 B768 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Brian T., 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 486 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Not so brief history of Cold War paranoia and madness
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Twelve, 2019.
- Summary:
- "From UFOs to Dr. Strangelove, LSD experiments to Richard Nixon, author Brian T. Brown investigates the paranoid, panicked history of the Cold War" -- From book jacket flap.
- Contents:
- 1 Scorch, Boil, and Bake p. 1
- 2 Operation Paperclip p. 13
- 3 Face-to-Face p. 21
- 4 Cold War Bibles p. 39
- 5 Concepts of Containment p. 49
- 6 Small and Devastating p. 60
- 7 Communism and Republicanism p. 66
- 8 Dachau Model p. 71
- 9 United States of Surveillance p. 76
- 10 Unidentified Objects p. 87
- 11 Hollywood on Trial p. 95
- 12 Cultural Content p. 104
- 13 Insane Era p. 110
- 14 Impossible Missions p. 120
- 15 Charming Betrayal p. 129
- 16 Tragic Climax p. 139
- 17 Approaching Midnight p. 149
- 18 Absent Evidence p. 163
- 19 Crime of the Century p. 172
- 20 Third-Rate Speaker p. 181
- 21 Notoriously Disgraceful Conduct p. 192
- 22 Cross of Iron p. 203
- 23 Civil Defense p. 213
- 24 Serving Money p. 221
- 25 Dry the Grass p. 234
- 26 Burying History p. 241
- 27 Space Race p. 248
- 28 Mind Games p. 260
- 29 Dance with Détente p. 274
- 30 Send in the Clowns p. 284
- 31 Grand Settlement p. 295
- 32 Chaos Theory p. 308
- 33 Nixon by the Numbers p. 329
- 34 Watergate Dictionary p. 334
- 35 Mad as Hell p. 345
- 36 A Minuet with Malaise p. 357
- 37 Tit-for-Tat p. 368
- 38 Arming for Bear p. 373
- 39 Peak Paranoia p. 381
- 40 Nine Reasons p. 394
- 41 Teen Pilot p. 401
- 42 Basket Three p. 406
- 43 Stirred-Up Muslims p. 410
- 44 Sound of Silence p. 414.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-465) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781538728031
- 1538728036
- OCLC:
- 1122875307
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