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Cambridge History of the Cold War

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ISBN-10: 1107602319

ISBN-13: 9781107602311

Edition: 2011

Authors: Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad

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Here, leading scholars examine the origins, causes and early years of the Cold War worldwide, from America, the USSR and Great Britain to Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Asia. Chapters show how the conflict evolved from the ideological, economic, and socio-political environment of the two world wars and the interwar period.
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Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 712
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century
The world economy and the Cold War, 1970-1990
The rise and fall of Eurocommunism
The Cold War and Jimmy Carter
Soviet foreign policy from d�tente to Gorbachev, 1975-1985
Islamism, the Iranian revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The collapse of superpower d�tente, 1975-1980
Japan and the Cold War, 1960-1991
China and the Cold War after Mao
The Cold War in Central America, 1975-1991
The Cold War and Southern Africa, 1976-1990
The Gorbachev revolution and the end of the Cold War
US foreign policy under Reagan and Bush
Western Europe and the end of the Cold War, 1979-1989
The East European revolutions of 1989
The unification of Germany, 1985-1991
The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991
Science, technology, and the Cold War
Transnational organizations and the Cold War
The biosphere and the Cold War
The Cold War and human rights
The Cold War in the longue dur�e: global migration, public health, and population control
Consumer capitalism and the end of the Cold War
An 'incredibly swift transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War
The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War