Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Fink, Carole, 1940-
2. Hadler, Frank.
3. Schramm, Tomasz.
4. Association internationale d'histoire contemporaine de l'Europe.
5. International Congress of Historical Sciences.

Description

1. 354 p.; 22 cm.

Series statement

1. Global history and international studies, 1863-2289 ; 1

Subject

1. World politics > 1945-1989 > Congresses

Contents

1. Cold War culture and politics in Europe in 1956 / Carole Fink -- 1956: the Ford Foundation and America's cultural Cold War in Eastern Europe -- Elements of NATO's nuclear war scenarios in 1956 / Norbert Wiggershaus -- Khrushchev and Hungary in 1956 / Peter Kenez -- Tito and Khrushchev after the 20th Party Congress: the new nature of Soviet-Yugoslav relations / Andrey Edemskiy -- The Polish 1956 / Pawel Machcewicz -- The Federal Republic of Germany and the Common Market: Controversy, crisis and "Chancellor-Politics" / Mathieu Segers -- Israel and the 1956 Sinai War: between relevancy and anachronism / Motti Golani -- Contesting racism in South Africa / Bill Nasson -- The wind of change in 1956 / William Keylor -- Oil as a primary source of energy / Raymond Stokes -- Religion and the changing world order: the Roman Catholic Church and the global crises of 1956 / Peter Kent -- The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the postwar international order / Barbara Keys -- Chronology of the year 1956.

Call number

1. JFD 06-14041

Note

1. "This volume is based on two preliminary conferences organized on behalf of the Association Internationale d'Histoire Contemporaine de l'Europe in 2005, at Smolenice, in cooperation with the Historical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and at Sydney, in the framework of the International Congress of Historical Sciences"--P. [7].

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-344) and index.

Title

1. 1956 : European and global perspectives / Carole Fink, Frank Hadler, Tomasz Schramm (eds.).

Imprint

1. Leipzig : Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2006.

Series

1. Global history and international studies, 1863-2289 ; 1

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-344) and index.

Added author

1. Fink, Carole, 1940-
2. Hadler, Frank.
3. Schramm, Tomasz.
4. Association internationale d'histoire contemporaine de l'Europe.
5. International Congress of Historical Sciences.

LCCN

1. 2006506592

ISBN

1. 9783937209562 (hbk.)
2. 3937209565 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. JFD 06-14041