Cold Wars : Asia, the Middle East, Europe / Lorenz M. Lüthi, McGill University, Montreal.
"Almost a decade ago, when I attended a performance of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre in Berlin, the narrative structure of this book emerged before my eyes. Wagner's idea of a network of stories that intersect and influence each other has fascinated me since the early 1990s when I first saw the...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
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Physical Description: | xvii, 756 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"Almost a decade ago, when I attended a performance of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre in Berlin, the narrative structure of this book emerged before my eyes. Wagner's idea of a network of stories that intersect and influence each other has fascinated me since the early 1990s when I first saw the complete performance of his four-part operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Its second part, Die Walküre, sparked my vision of writing a reinterpretation of the Cold War as an interconnected set of narratives that focuses on how middle and smaller actors at the regional level shaped that global conflict"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | D843 .L866 2020 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781108418331 1108418333 9781108407069 1108407064 |