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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
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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The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War, charting the evolution of U.S.-Soviet relations from the end of World War II through 1990. The thoroughly revised third edition of this landmark text has been fully updated to incorporate new scholarship on such topics as the Vietnam War and President Reagan's policies toward the Soviet Union.
In addition to delineating the history of the Cold War, Ralph Levering argues that the success of Western democratic capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that are paramount in the twenty-first century. With extended coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as a thorough examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the new edition of The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History will continue to serve as an essential guide to this pivotal period in global history.
Résumé
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.
Contenu
List of Illustrations ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xii
Prologue: Uneasy Allies, 19411945 1
1 Downward Spiral during the TrumanStalin Years, 19451953 19
Issues in the Emerging Cold War 20
Images and Domestic Politics Harm Relations 28
Counterparts: George Kennan and Nikolai Novikov 30
Containment and Countercontainment, 19471949 34
The Most Dangerous Phase, 19501952 42
Conclusion 55
2 The Institutionalized Cold War, 19531962 58
The Cold War at Home 62
A Modest Improvement in EastWest Relations, 19531955 70
The Second Dangerous Phase, 19561962 78
Counterparts: J. William Fulbright and Barry Goldwater 92
Showdown: The Cuban Missile Crisis 100
Conclusion 107
3 The Shift toward Relative Détente, 19631972 111
An Improved Atmosphere in 1963 113
Vietnam at Center Stage, 19641968 118
Toward a New Balance of Power, 19691972 131
Counterparts: Daniel Ellsberg and Henry Kissinger 140
Conclusion 151
4 The Roller?]Coaster Years, 19731984 154
Détente Bogs Down, 19731976 157
Carter Rides the Roller Coaster, 19771980 174
Reagan Challenges the Cold War Status Quo, 19811984 188
Counterparts: Jeane Kirkpatrick and Christopher Dodd 202
Seeking Improved USSoviet Relations, 19831984 207
Conclusion 210
Epilogue: The Cold War Ends, 19851991 214
Counterparts: Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan 222
Bibliographical Essay 230
Index 251
Photo Essay: The Cold War at Midpassage, 19571973 110
Maps
Map 1.1 Map of Korea 51
Map 2.1 Map of Israel 83
Map 3.1 Map of Vietnam 123
Map 4.1 Map of the Horn of Africa 179
Map 4.2 Map of Central America 200