On the Battlefields of the Cold War - A Soviet Ambassador's Confession

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Israelyan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2012
• EAN: 9780271058474
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05847-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 751 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Political structure & processes, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Diplomacy, Biography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era