On the Battlefields of the Cold War
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On the Battlefields of the Cold War by Victor Israelyan
On the Battlefields of the Cold War offers unique insight into the volatile inner workings of the Soviet Foreign Ministry, where the battle lines of the Cold War were often first drawn. Israelyan brings to this memoir a wealth of experience, having worked with all the postwar Soviet foreign ministers and established diplomatic ties to the West.“While this is a work primarily for specialists and will not engender any grand revisions of our thinking about major aspects of the Cold War, such histories are useful because they show us how Soviet foreign policy was understood by those who carried it out and who, as Israelyan shows, became progressively disenchanted with the nonsense they had to espouseMoreover, the author effectively conveys some of the atmosphere of the period and the issues that he worked on. Thus scholars who track Soviet foreign policy from 1960 to 1990 will derive considerable benefit from this memoir.”
—Dr. Stephen J. Blank Parameters
“Both for those who experience it only as history and those who have enduring memories of life during that time, On the Battlefields of the Cold War is a fascinating resource in helping better understand this defining era in international relations.”
—Daniel C. Villanueva Rocky Mountain Review
“Israelyan’s prose is brisk and lucid.”
—Jack F. Matlock, Jr. Russian Review
Victor Israelyan has had a rich and distinguished career spanning five decades as a physician, diplomat, scholar, and professor. He has written more than ten books, including Inside the Kremlin During the Yom Kippur War (Penn State, 1995).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271058474 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271058471 |
| Title | On the Battlefields of the Cold War |
| Author | Victor Israelyan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2012-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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