Tag Archives: Cold War

Book Announcement: Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Paula

Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha Robert A. Jacobs In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety‑six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Cold War Encounters in US-Occupied Okinawa: Women, Militarized Domesticity, and Transnationalism in East Asia

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Paula

Cold War Encounters in US-Occupied Okinawa: Women, Militarized Domesticity, and Transnationalism in East Asia Mire Koikari Cambridge University Press. 235 Pages. Paperback Publication Date: June 1, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1107438811. Cold War Encounters recasts the US occupation of Okinawa as a … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Paula

The SOAS Japan Research Centre, in association with Bloomsbury, is pleased to announce the publication of the first book in its new SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan series. Jan Bardsley’s Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan reveals the diverse possibilities of … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Japan and Germany as Regional Actors: Evaluating Change and Continuity after the Cold War

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Paula

Japan and Germany as Regional Actors: Evaluating Change and Continuity after the Cold War Published 20th August 2012 by Routledge 210 pages   The end of the Cold War and the bipolar era constituted a significant change in Germany’s and Japan’s … Continue reading →

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