The Cold War : a post-Cold War history
Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on ?President Nixons policies in Vietnam and President Reagans approach to U.S.-Soviet relations Features six all new counterparts sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War Argues that ?the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21 st ?century Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | eBook |
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| Author: | Levering, Ralph B., |
| Subject: |
Cold War World politics Guerra freda Política internacional Llibres electrònics |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016. |
| ISBN: | 9781118848272 1118848276 |
| Series: | American History Series |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-250) and index Includes bibliographical references and index. Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Uneasy Allies, 1941-1945 -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Downward Spiral during the Truman-Stalin Years, 1945-1953 -- Issues in the Emerging Cold War -- Images and Domestic Politics Harm Relations -- Counterparts: George Kennan and Nikolai Novikov -- Containment and Countercontainment, 1947-1949 -- The Most Dangerous Phase, 1950-1952 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Institutionalized Cold War, 1953-1962 -- The Cold War at Home -- A Modest Improvement in East-West Relations, 1953-1955 -- The Second Dangerous Phase, 1956-1962 -- Showdown: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Shift toward Relative Détente, 1963-1972 -- An Improved Atmosphere in 1963 -- Vietnam at Center Stage, 1964-1968 -- Toward a New Balance of Power, 1969-1972 -- Counterparts: Daniel Ellsberg and Henry Kissinger -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The Roller-Coaster Years, 1973-1984 -- Détente Bogs Down, 1973-1976 -- Different understandings of détente -- Continuing competition in the third world -- The continuing arms race despite SALT -- The lack of consensus in American public opinion -- The decline in presidential leadership in foreign policy -- Senator Jackson's congressional assault on détente -- Détente as an issue in the election of 1976 -- Carter Rides the Roller Coaster, 1977-1980 -- Reagan Challenges the Cold War Status Quo, 1981-1984 -- Counterparts: Jeane Kirkpatrick and Christopher Dodd -- Seeking Improved US-Soviet Relations, 1983-1984 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue: The Cold War Ends, 1985-1991 -- Bibliographical Essay -- General Works -- Prologue (1941-1945) and Chapter 1 (1945-1953) -- Chapter 2 (1953-1962) -- Chapter Three (1963-1972) -- Chapter Four (1973-1984) and Epilogue (1985-1991) -- Index. Supplemental Images -- EULA. Description based on print version record. |
| Course: |
HIST470 |