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The Cold War: a new history

By John Lewis , Gaddis

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Usa, Inc.;Penguin Press
ISBN
9781440684500, 9780241958711, 0241958717, 9781440680861, 1440680868, 1440684502
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5082473 bytes)
Pages
(xii, 333 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1945-1949;1950-1999;Guerre froide;Histoire;HISTORYFrom C 1945 To C 2000;Relations internationales;Th

Description

Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is a new account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and much fresh insight into its most crucial events. It contains much new information drawn from newly opened Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives. Now, as America once again finds itself in a global confrontation with an implacable ideological enemy, this is a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand.--From publisher description.;The return of fear -- Deathboats and lifeboats -- Command versus spontaneity -- The emergence of autonomy -- The recovery of equity -- Actors -- The triumph of hope. The return of fear -- Deathboats and lifeboats -- Command versus spontaneity -- The emergence of autonomy -- The recovery of equity -- Actors -- The triumph of hope.

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