| Description |
ix, 197 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Inheritance: nations and empires, before 1898 1 -- Geography and history (before 1492) 2 -- Early modern colonisation (1492-1776) 7 -- Democratic revolution (1776-1815) 11 -- 'Two great nations' (1815-56) 15 -- Two great empires (1856-98) 21 -- -- 2. Conception: the First World War and revolution, 1898-1921 30 -- Imperial showdown (1898-1914) 30 -- The First World War and proletarian revolution (1914-21) 35 -- Imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism? 40 -- The spread of liberalism 44 -- Challenges to liberalism 51 -- -- 3. Gestation: new world orders and the Second World War, 1921-45 57 -- New world orders (1921-33) 57 -- New showdown (1933-9) 63 -- The Second World War (1939-45) 67 -- Capitalism and socialism in one country 72 -- From universal revolution to new realism 77 -- -- -- -- 4. Youth: ColdWar and decolonisation, 1945-68 85 -- From Big Three to Super Two (1945) 85 -- From Berlin and Hiroshima (1945-) 90 -- To Czechoslovakia andVietnam (-1968) 95 -- The dollar versus the ruble 102 -- The war of words 107 -- -- 5. Maturity: Cold War and the Third World, 1968-91 116 -- The 'Revolution 'of 1968 116 -- Vietnam and detente (-1979) 120 -- Afghanistan and collapse (-1991) 125 -- Overstretch and breakdown 130 -- The war of images 135 -- -- 6. The legacy: death or rebirth? 1991 143 -- The end of the Cold War? 143 -- World process or civilisations? 149 -- The end of the millennium 154 -- From the past: summary 160 -- Towards thefuture: conclusion 166 |
| Summary |
This work traces the development of the USA and Russia, later USSR, from 1898 through to 2000, placing the Cold War, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- History.
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Cold War.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
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Russia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004044
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USSR -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125764
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United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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Russia -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004162
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USSR -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125747
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
00055340 |
| ISBN |
0415230411 |
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041523042X paperback |
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