A chronological examination of the Cold War from 1948 to 1991, along with a primary document section and an assessment section with questions to help readers analyze the events of this time period.
Contains twenty-two documents that provide opposing viewpoints on the origins of the Cold War, the conduct of the conflict, the U.S. policy of detente, the end of the Cold War, and its lasting impact on nuclear policies and democracy.
Chronicles China's involvement in the Cold War under Mao, discussing such topics as the Chinese Civil War in 1945-46 and China's role in the Korean War, the First Indochina War, the Polish and Hungarian Crises of 1956, the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958, the Vietnam War, and the Sino-American rapprochement in the early 1970s.
third world interventions and the making of our times
Westad, Odd Arne
2007
A global perspective analyzing the influence of the Cold War on world politics, economics, and military affairs in the twentieth-first-century, focusing on the effects of the Third World policies of the United States and the Soviet Union.
Official and unofficial documents, eyewitness accounts, and other primary and secondary sources help chronicle the Cold War, discussing why it started, how it was fought, how it affected various countries, and other related topics.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the events, organizations, institutions, individuals, groups, ideas, concepts, documents, and publications related to the Cold War.
Presents a comprehensive account of the Berlin Wall and the divided city from its construction in 1961 to its demise in 1989; and examines the post-war political tensions that created it.
the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
Zubok, V. M
2007
The author presents a Soviet perspective of the Cold War, describing how each of the Soviet leaders from Stalin to Gorbachev contributed to the failure of Communism.
