| Description |
xviii, 417 pages : maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Perspectives -- 1. Introduction: The Fifty Years War. 2. The American and Soviet Foreign Policy Traditions -- Pt. II. The emergence of a bipolar world, 1941-1953. 3. The Second World War and the Struggle for Peace, 1941-1946. 4. 'Two Ways of Life': The Cold War in Europe, 1947-1953. 5. Cold War: The Far Eastern Dimension, 1945-1953 -- Pt. III. Globalism and the limits of bipolarity, 1953-1964. 6. Peaceful Coexistence and Irreconcilable Conflict, 1953-1964. 7. The Nuclear Arms Race, 1945-1963. 8. The United States, the Soviet Union and the Third World, 1953-1963 -- Pt. IV. Detente and its limits, 1965-1981. 9. Detente in the Making, 1965-1973. 10. The Vietnam War and the Superpower Triangle. 11. Detente Under Pressure, 1973-1981 -- Pt. V. Cold war versus international politics: the denouement, 1981-1991. 12. Reaganism and the Spectre of Communism. 13. Gorbachev and the New World Disorder, 1985-1991 -- 14. Conclusion |
| Summary |
At last, following the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, it is possible to view the events that have shaped all our lives as a defined period of history - The Fifty Years War. Richard Crockatt provides the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the global politics of the cold war. Uniquely, his perspective is neither that of the USA nor the Soviet Union, but encompasses the goals and fears of each superpower. The Fifty Years War is a monumental achievement, illuminating every twist and turn of the first war to threaten the very survival of humankind |
| Analysis |
Foreign relations History |
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United States |
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-398) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cold War.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000003
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| Genre/Form |
War and conflict.
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War and conflict
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| LC no. |
94015096 |
| ISBN |
0415104718 : |
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