The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp

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The love-hate relationship between the MI-6 and CIA is an interesting dimension. Cumming knows his stuff well. In the Bloomberg interview Katusa revealed he manages a Canadian Hedge Fund; he’s involved in shale oil, copper and uranium; so his money in “on the line”. Orwell takes his place at the head of this list as the first writer to use the term “cold war” in relation to geopolitical conditions immediately after the second world war (in You and the Atomic Bomb). Nineteen Eighty-Four remains the defining vision of totalitarian rule. It supplied us with a vocabulary we still use and is as relevant today as it was when Orwell wrote it. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” Westad also describes these ideologies in personal terms - ideologies limit personal choices and possibilities. He compares it to wanting to buy a car that was a little Volvo and a little Ford, but that was not possible. These belief systems were, from his perspective, totalizing. Countries that tried to break away - see the hopes of the Third World or non-aligned nations movement had to make decisions in response to the dealings of the two superpowers. He views India as an example of this.

Russia seems to be the good partner for the west: due to its resources on gas, uranium and oil. The USA should take heed of the “judgment day for the petrodollar”. Japan is about to return to nuclear power and Russia still holds half of the world production of uranium. Westad's book is an erudite, mostly objective view of this tumultous period of recent world history. He helps us make sense of the key drivers shaping American and Soviet policymakers during these five decades of post-war history. The writing style in in keeping with the kind of story: Simple, straighforward manner even when it comes to drawing out the complexities of the characters. Read a free chapter: Introduction 3. Imagining the World from Behind the Iron Curtain: Youth and the Global Sixties in Polandby Malgorzata FidelisTherefore, as complicated as all the movers and players are (and which are players?) and for whatever names or associations in all of these locales have been established? STILL! At least, like icebergs, more than 1/2 of the entity is below the surface. Given the recent confrontation between the two former Cold War superpowers in a post Cold War world, i.e. the Ukraine War, Westad's book may be helpful in reminding us about the dangers a new Cold War poses to the world. Stross has admitted 'A Colder War' is directly inspired by Lovecraft's novel 'At The Mountains of Madness'." -- "Review of A Colder War by Charles Stross", SFFaudio Kell, who has been in disgrace since the events in "A Foreign Country" is asked by Amelia Levane, the new head of M16, to take a look at Wallinger's death to see if there is more to it. As Kell uncovers the last days of Wallinger's life, he runs into and starts a torrid affair with Rachel Wallinger, Wallinger's beautiful young daughter. Kell soon finds evidence that Wallinger, a noted womanizer, was in Turkey seeing a restaurateur. There are photos. Levane, who also was involved with Wallinger, suggests that there may be more going on.

The US had not consistently assumed that all nationalist movements were also communist in nature, it might have avoided those repeated interventions in other nations that so often resulted in more warfare;

Perhaps the most surprising interpretation in the book is the world-historical centrality it assigns to the Portuguese Revolution of 1974, not a moment normally treated as one of the hinges of history. But, according to Westad, the Portuguese rejection of Salazar had two signal effects. Fourthly, and more to the point of the book's premise, I agree with 95% of Marin Katusa's premise, assessment, and warning. His energy, financial, and foreign policy arguments are VERY WELL researched and explained and very compelling. He has put his finger on the pulse of our future and found it to be weak and thready under our current economic/political condition. Charles Cummings latest Thomas Kell spy novel (his second Kell spy book since A Foreign Country in 2012) is centered on Kell's investigation of the death of Paul Wallinger, A M16 agent, who died in a single pilot plane crash. The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But how did the conflict begin? Why did it move from its initial origins in post-war Europe to encompass virtually every corner of the globe? And why, after lasting so long, did the war end so suddenly and unexpectedly? Robert McMahon considers these questions and more, as well as looking at the legacy of the Cold War and its impact on international relations today.

This October marks the 60 thanniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense political and military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. How the massive power shift in Russia threatens the political dominance of the United States There is a new cold war underway, driven by a massive geopolitical power shift to Russia that went almost unnoticed across the globe. In The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp, energy expert Marin Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it. This is simply a must-read for anyone who wants a better understanding of the world today. Despite having lived through the Cold War -- and as someone who probably pays closer attention to current events, world politics, and history than your average American -- there was a lot here that I did already know but so much more that I did not. But this one! I can understand giving it anything from 2 to 5 stars- because it holds as much stat information as a phone book. Some people don't have the patience to get through all of that and their tedious bar comes down. So I'm glad I persevered- because I want to see (badly want to see) what happens to Kell next. A still from the animated version of When the Wind Blows (1986) Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive/Channel 4

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Among the many thoughts triggered by Westad’s narrative, some of the most provocative involve how the Cold War might very well have turned out very differently if only: He's still dangerous, but it's impossible to counter the danger if you don't know what it is. And you can't know what it is if you don't understand what Putin's trying to do. That describes most Americans, whether in or out of politics.

The American Ryan character was a 5 star product developed by Cumming. Kell was made into the far more typical 44 year old projection. A man, quite easily I thought, after a 2 decade left behind and flat marriage- prime for the exact kind of harvest that Rachel combined. Almost instantly. And so Tom is made quite easily into a trembling reed. For the status of the job he now holds again? That was hard for me to swallow. But at the same time, has a high probability ratio.

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US president John Kennedy had not been murdered and, instead, continued to build upon the effort begun with Soviet leader Khrushchev towards limiting the nuclear arms race and beginning disarmament, the subsequent relationship between the United States and Russia might have evolved into a workable partnership. As one born in 1943, I remember many things about that time vividly: how in grade school we were instructed that, in the case of a warning siren or sudden flash of light, we were to kneel next to our desks and cover our heads; riding in the family car in the early 1950s and peering closely at a small house we were passing, hoping to get a glimpse of the mysterious person – a “communist” – that my father said lived there; and fearing, one beautiful autumn afternoon in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, that we were on the brink of a nuclear war. To mark the anniversary, we’re sharing some of our latest history titles on the Cold War for you to explore, share, and enjoy. We have also granted free access to selected chapters, for a limited time, for you to dip into. 1. The Cold War: A Very Short Introductionby Robert J. McMahon Along the way Kell does some globe-trotting, goes “under-cover”, meets his CIA nemesis, smokes many a cigarette and falls in love with a much younger woman – who happens to be the above dead spy’s daughter. (This last bit at times stretching credibility.) He’s also manipulated constantly by “C” – mostly by keeping him in the dark – each and every step of the way. This is so pervasive that the unpredictability becomes predictable less than halfway through the book. And Kell’s continuous Charlie Brown gullibility – through two books now – when it comes to his boss – somewhat of a head scratcher.