William Rust: 5 books

Book cover of BRITONS IN SPAIN

BRITONS IN SPAIN

The History of The British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade

by William Rust
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015

A history of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade, of the two thousand British volunteers who fought, bled and died on Spanish soil between August 1936 and December 1938. The killed and missing numbered five hundred, the wounded over twelve hundred; many were incapacitated for life....
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Eisenhower and Cambodia

Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War

by William J. Rust
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016

Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the nation's proximity to China and the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia's leader, Norodom Sihanouk, refused to take sides...
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So Much to Lose

John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

by William J. Rust
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014

Before U.S. combat units were deployed to Vietnam, presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy strove to defeat a communist-led insurgency in Laos. This impoverished, landlocked Southeast Asian kingdom was geopolitically significant because it bordered more powerful communist and anticommunist nations. The...
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Before the Quagmire

American Intervention in Laos, 1954-1961

by William J. Rust
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012

In the decade preceding the first U.S. combat operations in Vietnam, the Eisenhower administration sought to defeat a communist-led insurgency in neighboring Laos. Although U.S. foreign policy in the 1950s focused primarily on threats posed by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the...
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Globalization and Education

Integration and Contestation across Cultures

by Nelly P. Stromquist, Karen Monkman, Jill Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2000

The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as “globalization” is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural,...
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