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Publisher: Defense Dept., National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies Description: McNair Paper No. 55. Examines the early history of United States-Ukraine relations over the nuclear weapons issue. Presents both the history of a 2-year period, 1992-1994, and posits a number of explanations as to why things developed the way they did. Establishes a framework of this important period from which scholars can further proceed. Item 0378-H-05. Year/Pages: 1996: 91 p.; map. Price: $2.00 At Cold War's End: United States Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency Description: Edited by Benjamin B. Fischer. Prepared for a conference on "United States Intelligence and the End of the Cold War." Contains declassified CIA documents of intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe covering the years 1989-1991. Includes United States national Intelligence Estimates and other intelligence assessments. Previously listed incorrectly under ISBN 0-16-059059-0. Year/Pages: 1999: 437 p.; ill. Price: $44.00 Background Notes, Russia, 2002, October Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Russian Federation. Year/Pages: 2002: 27 p. Price: $2.25 Background Notes, Slovakia, 2002, October Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: The Slovak Republic. Year/Pages: 2002: 10 p. Price: $2.25 Background Notes, Tajikistan, 2003, April Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Tajikistan. Year/Pages: 2003: 8 p. Price: $2.25 Background Notes, Turkmenistan, 2002, November Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Turkmenistan. Year/Pages: 2002: 7 p. Price: $2.25 Background Notes: Ukraine, 2003, January Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Ukraine. Year/Pages: 2003: 15 p. Price: $2.25 CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991: A Documentary Collection Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence Description: Examines what the CIA knew about the social, economic and political state of the Soviet Union. ISBN 1-929667-08-6. Year/Pages: 2001: 320 p.; ill. Price: $16.80 Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries: 2002 Publisher: Education Dept., Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics Description: NCES 2003-026. By Joel D. Sherman, Steven D. Honegger, and Jennifer L. McGivern, of the American Institutes for Research. Mariann Lemke, of the National Center for Education Statistics is Project Director. Presents a set of education indicators that describes how the United States education system compares with those in other economically developed countries. Compares these statistics primarily with the eight most industrialized countries in the world, whose representatives meet regularly to discuss economic and other policy issues: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States--the Group of Eight (G8) countries. Year/Pages: 2003: 117 p.; ill. Price: $6.80 Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Country Studies Publisher: Defense Dept., Army Description: DA PAM 550-111. Area Handbook Series. 1st edition, 1st printing. Edited by Glenn E. Curtis. Prepared by Library of Congress, Federal Research Division. Research completed March 1994. Describes and analyzes the history, politics, economics, sociology, and national security systems of three countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. These countries were formerly part of the Soviet Union. Includes a chronology of the region which covers from 95 B.C. to the end of 1993. Also contains an index, bibliographies, maps, and black and white photographs. L.C. card 0-8444-0848-4. L.C. card 94-45459. Year/Pages: 1995: 354 p.; ill. Price: $43.00 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies Publisher: Defense Dept., Army Description: DA Pam 550-114. Edited by Glenn E. Curtis. 4th of a six-volume subseries covering all the post-Soviet States. Brings new information about a region of enhanced relevance in the world's economy and geopolitical structure. Provides a context for the current evaluations with descriptions of the historical, political, and social backgrounds of these five countries in Central Asia. For each country, the authors provide: historical background; the society and its environment; the economy; government and politics; and national security. L.C. card 97-5110. Previously listed incorrectly under ISBN 0-16-061207-1. Year/Pages: 1997: 632 p.; ill.
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$18.40
Destination: Kyrgyzstan (Study Guide) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 29T-96. Prepared by Kristen J. Amundson. Offers a close view of Kyrgyzstan. Designed to help students learn about the history and culture of this nation. Presents teaching materials which deal with the influence of physical geography on the culture. Focuses on the diversity. Groups activities into 3 levels: grades 3-5; grades 6-9; and grades 10-12. Year/Pages: 1996: 80 p.; ill. Price: $3.50 Destination: Kyrgyzstan (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 30V-96. Shows, through the eyes of local students, how the people of Kyrgyzstan are working to rebuild their economy and reclaim their heritage. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (22 min.). Price: $5.50 Destination: Lithuania, Study Guide Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 21T-94. Prepared by Rima Kasubaite-Binder and Elise Sprunt Sheffield. Provides teachers and students with a structured approach to learning about Lithuania. Divided into three parts: Part 1 provides background information on Peace Corps, geography themes and Lithuania; Part 2 features supplemental activities for grades 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12; Part 3 offers resources, such as worksheets, maps, and a bibliography. Broadens understanding of other countries by providing information that enables students to identify patterns of culture and geography. Year/Pages: 1995: 76 p.; ill. Price: $2.75 Destination: Lithuania (Video Tape) Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 22V-94. Explores the impact of changes to Lithuania on the lives of students and their communities. Follows a 14 year old child through her day as she talks about the economic challenges presented by Lithuania's new found independence. Introduces Peace Corps Volunteer Sean Connolly who teaches at a local high school. Visits places throughout the country including Klaipeda, the oldest city in Lithuania. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (22 min.). Price: $5.50 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, V. 5, Soviet Union Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: State Department Publication 10544. Edited by Charles S. Sampson, et al. Presents a full accounting of the overall nature and structure of United States-Soviet relations together with a more detailed documentary record of those high-level meetings, discussions, and policy debates on the broad range of issues making up the diplomacy of the cold war. Year/Pages: 1998: 905 p.
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$14.00
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, V. 6, Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: State Department Publication 10338. Also known as: Kennedy-Khrushchev Correspondence. Edited by Charles S. Sampson. Contains the comprehensive record of correspondence between President Kennedy and Soviet Chairman Khrushchev. Includes the written messages exchanged directly between the two leaders through the Soviet Embassy in Washington or the American Embassy in Moscow. Also included are those oral messages the editors have identified that were conveyed to the President from the Chairman through an intermediary and reduced to a written record and Mrs. Kennedy's personal message to the Chairman after the assassination of the President. Item 0872-B. Year/Pages: 1996: 342 p. Price: $7.00 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, V. 14, Soviet Union Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian Description: State Department Publication 10779. General Editor: David S. Patterson. Includes documentation illuminating the foreign policymaking process of the United States Government, with emphasis on the highest level at which policy on a particular subject was determined. Focuses on the development of policy and on major aspects and repercussions of its execution rather than on the details of policy execution. Year/Pages: 2001: 843 p. Price: $62.00 Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan Publisher: Defense Dept., Navy, Naval Historical Center Description: United States Navy in the Modern World Series, No. 4. Details the cooperation between the United States and Soviet Union Navies against Japan in World War 2. Item 415-D-03. Year/Pages: 1997: 50 p.; ill. Price: $8.00 Shuttle-MIR: The United States and Russia Share History's Highest Stage Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division Description: NASA SP-2001-4225. Presents the human side of the Shuttle-Mir story, beginning by setting the historical stage. Alternates between efforts of the team members on the ground, the missions of the American Space Shuttles to and near Mir, and the tales of the seven American astronauts who, with their Russian crewmates, endured months in Earth orbit. Includes a searchable CD-ROM which explores the Shuttle-Mir Program with more texts, photos, videos, biographies, letters home from the Mir astronauts, and oral histories that explain the day-to-day challenges faced by those working on Earth and in orbit. Year/Pages: 2001: 218 p.; ill. CD-ROM in pocket.
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$97.50
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: Army Historical Series. CMH Pub. 30-5-1. Describes the German-Soviet conflict in World War II and the events that resulted in the Soviet Union becoming a dominant military power in Europe. L.C. card 67-60001. Year/Pages: 1968: 561 p.; ill. 1987-repr.
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$56.00
Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History Description: CMH Pub. 104-5. German Report Series. Facsimile reprint of DA Pam 20-290. Publication measures 9 x 6 in. On cover: Historical Study. Prepared by former German Army generals. Describes geographic features of European Russia encountered by German troops during World War 2, the terrain problems encountered by these troops, and the methods of dealing with those problems. The effect of climate is discussed in general, but Arctic warfare is not discussed. Item 344-G. Year/Pages: 1951: 67 p.; ill., 1 plate. 1986-repr.
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$1.50
Watching the Bear: Essays on CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence Description: Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process. Year/Pages: 2003: 311 p.; ill.
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$33.60
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