| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 602 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century / Jan-Werner Müller -- The world economy and the Cold War, 1970-1990 / Giovanni Arrighi -- The rise and fall of Eurocommunism / Silvio Pons -- The Cold War and Jimmy Carter / Nancy Mitchell -- Soviet foreign policy from détente to Gorbachev, 1975-1985 / Vladislav M. Zubok -- Islamism, the Iranian revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan / Amin Saikal -- The collapse of superpower détente, 1975-1980 / Olav Njølstad -- Japan and the Cold War, 1960-1991 / Michael Schaller -- China and the Cold War after Mao / Chen Jian -- The Cold War in Central America, 1975-1991 / John H. Coatsworth -- The Cold War and southern Africa, 1976-1990 / Chris Sue Saunders Onslow -- The Gorbachev revolution and the end of the Cold War / Archie Brown -- US foreign policy under Reagan and Bush / Beth A. Fischer -- Western Europe and the end of the Cold War, 1979-1989 / John W. Young -- The East European revolutions of 1989 / Jacques Lévesque -- The unification of Germany, 1985-1991 / Helga Haftendorn -- The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991 / Alex Pravda -- Science, technology, and the Cold War / David Reynolds -- Transnational organizations and the Cold War / Matthew Evangelista -- The biosphere and the Cold War / J.R. Mcneill -- The Cold War and human rights / Rosemary Foot -- The Cold War in the longue durée: global migration, public health, and population control / Matthew Connelly -- Consumer capitalism and the end of the Cold War / Emily S. Rosenberg -- An 'incredibly swift transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War / Adam Roberts -- The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War / G. John Ikenberry |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 10, 2010) |
| Subject |
Cold War.
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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International relations -- History -- 20th century
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International relations
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World politics
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leffler, Melvyn P., 1945- editor.
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Westad, Odd Arne, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780511862281 |
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0511862288 |
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9781139056106 |
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1139056107 |
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9781139056106 |
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