Defectors : how the illicit flight of Soviet citizens built the borders of the Cold War world /
Erik R. Scott.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Oxford scholarship online .
- Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Focusing on the borders of the Cold War, 'Defectors' examines how the superpowers competed over those who took unauthorized flight from behind the Iron Curtain and how this movement of people in camps, border zones, around embassies, in international waters, and in the air helped create the current refugee system.
Specialized.
9780197546901 No price
10.1093/oso/9780197546871.001.0001 doi
Defectors--Soviet Union. Cold War. Asylum, Right of--History. Politics and Government. Politics & government.