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January 1, 2024

Animation Behind the Iron Curtain

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Free Download Eleanor Cowen, "Animation Behind the Iron Curtain"
English | ISBN: 0861967453 | 2020 | 212 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Animation Behind the Iron Curtain is a journey of discovery into the world of Soviet era animation from Eastern Bloc countries. From Jerzy Kucia’s brutally exquisite Reflections in Poland to the sci-fi adventure of Ott in Space by Estonian puppet master Elbert Tuganov to the endearing Gopo’s little man by Ion Popescu-Gopo in Romania, this excursion into Soviet era animation brings to light magnificent art, ruminations on the human condition, and celebrations of innocence and joy.

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December 25, 2023

Iron and Blood A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500

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Free Download Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson
English | February 14, 2023 | ISBN: 0674987624 | 976 pages | MOBI | 32 Mb
From the author of the acclaimed The Thirty Years War and Heart of Europe, a masterful, landmark reappraisal of German military history, and of the preconceptions about German militarism since before the rise of Prussia and the world wars.

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December 25, 2023

Behind the Iron Curtain Economic Historians During the Cold War, 1945-1989

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Free Download Behind the Iron Curtain: Economic Historians During the Cold War, 1945-1989
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031315774 | 364 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
This edited volume offers a systematic exploration of the relations between Western and Eastern scientists during the Cold War from the Eastern European perspective using the example of economic history. Introducing famous as well as almost forgotten scholars who attempted to eliminate the Iron Curtain and strove to break through the obstacles against the transfer of scientific ideas, the book challenges the narrative of the non-cooperative nature of scientific work during the Cold War due to socialist scientists’ incapability and disinclination to engage openly in international discussions.

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