Cold War A History in Documents

Name: Cold War A History in Documents
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ISBN: 9780195166378

ISBN-10: 019516637X

ISBN-13: 9780195166378

Edition: 2003

Authors: Allan M. Winkler

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The cold war--the bitter standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union--lasted for over 50 years and polarized the world. The conflict had its roots in political and ideological disagreements dating back to the Russian Revolution of 1917--disagreements that intensified in the wake of World War II. Allan M. Winkler excerpts speeches by Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to demonstrate the growing abyss between the two political systems. President Harry S. Truman's announcement of the existence of a Soviet atomic bomb and his speech to Congress launching the Truman Doctrine testify to the gravity of the situation. The cold war was not always…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 9.88" wide x 7.91" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



What is a Document?


How to Read a Document


Introduction



Early Antagonism


Origin of the Atomic Bomb


Tensions and Strategies


The Truman Doctrine


The Marshall Plan


A Soviet Bomb


The China White Paper


NSC-68


War in Korea



The Anticommunist Crusade


Hollywood and HUAC


Chambers vs. Hiss


The Rosenbergs on Trial


Senator Joe McCarthy


Cultural Responses


Army vs. McCarthy



To the Brink


Eisenhower's Inaugural Address


Liberation of Captive Peoples


The Domino Theory


Unstable Peace


Kennedy's Inaugural Address


Bay of Pigs


Standing Up to the Soviets


The Cuban Missile Crisis



Picture Essay: The Atom Unleashed



Catastrophe in Vietnam


French Colonial Rule


War in Indochina


The Geneva Conference


Nation Building in Vietnam


Horrors of War


Antiwar Movement


Vietnamization


Reuinification



An End at Last


The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963


SALT Treaties


Reagan's Nuclear Strategy


An End to the Cold War


Timeline


Further Reading


Credits


Index