Defectors. How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World, Hardback/***

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. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): Erik R. (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas) Scott Illustration(s): 7 black and white illustrations Number of pages: 336 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 166 x 244 x 31 Cover type: Hardback