Description |
1 online resource (142 pages) |
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Pocket Histories |
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Sutton pocket histories.
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Dates; Map 1 Postwar alliances: the Far East; Map 2 Postwar alliances: Europe, North Africa, the Middle East; Introduction; 1. The European Dimension, 1945-1950; 2. Korea to Vietnam, 1950-1975; 3. The Quest for Superpower Understanding, 1953-1974; 4. Resurgence to Ending, 1973-1991; Conclusion; Further Reading |
Summary |
The Cold War dominated international relations in the second half of the 20th century in an all-embracing ideological and military conflict between communism and democracy. This survey shows the Cold War as the consequence of the breakdown of the existing international system during the two world wars and a new great power alignment which emerged to fill the vacuum created in both Europe and Asia as existing states and imperial powers lost their former predominance. The text draws on recent scholarship on the Cold War, based not only upon materials from US, British, Canadian, Australian a |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-103) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Cold War.
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International relations.
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international relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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International relations
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History & Archaeology.
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History - General.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780752494784 |
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0752494783 |
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