The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History - Couverture souple

Levering, Ralph B.

 
9781118848401: The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History

Synopsis

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 Nixon's policies in Vietnam and President Reagan's 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 21st century
  • Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far

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À propos de l?auteur

Ralph Levering is Emeritus Professor of History at Davidson College. He is the author or co-author of nine books, including Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives (2002) and The Kennedy Crises: The Press, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy (1983).

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780882959122: The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0882959123 ISBN 13 :  9780882959122
Editeur : Harlan Davidson Inc, 1994
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