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soviet union

Mikhail Gorbachev

revolutionary for democracy
1991
An account of Mr. Gorbachev's role in the Soviet Union at the present time, as events unfold which portend a much freer way of life for the Russian people.

The eleventh commandment

1998
CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald, only days from retirement, finds his life threatened by a dangerous enemy from inside the agency, while at the same time, a new Russian president is trying to force a military confrontation with the United States.

The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth

1995
Argues against the necessity of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II. Discusses the role that United States/Soviet Union foreign relations played in the decision.

The Cold War

2005
Presents the history of the Cold War through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions.

Samantha Smith, young ambassador

1987
A biography of the young girl who, as a result of a letter written to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, visited the Soviet Union as an ambassador of peace. Includes advice on setting and reaching goals.

Making friends

Katya from Moscow and Star from San Francisco : two eleven-year-old girls discover America together
1987
Sponsored by Children as the Peacemakers Foundation. The story of an American girl and a Russian girl traveling across the United States.

World War II

the Eastern Front 1941-1945
2010
Explains what led to Hitler's decision to instigate the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers a concise account of the campaign that followed.

Betrayal

the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939
1989
An interpretation of the pact between the Third Reich and the Soviets in 1939 which caused dissatisfaction and political dissidence throughout Europe.

At the highest levels

the inside story of the end of the cold war
1993
Examination of the vital transactions George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev made and concealed from the world.

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