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
* 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
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781118848401
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-118-84840-1
- Verlag: Polity Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.02.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 3rd Auflage
- Serie: The American History Series
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 318 g
- Seiten: 288
- Format (B x H x T): 140 x 213 x 15 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt