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The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History
Contributor(s): Levering, Ralph B. (Author)
ISBN: 1118848403     ISBN-13: 9781118848401
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $42.28  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 327.730
LCCN: 2015031832
Series: American History
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
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