| At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946 Contributor(s): Hasanli, Jamil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742540553 ISBN-13: 9780742540552 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $141.57 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: For half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in conflict. But how and where did the Cold War begin? Jamil Hasanli answers these intriguing questions in At the Dawn of the Cold War. He argues that the intergenerational crisis over |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 955.305 |
| LCCN: 2005035013 |
| Series: Harvard Cold War Studies Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 7.16" W x 9.4" (1.72 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in conflict. But how and where did the Cold War begin? Jamil Hasanli answers these intriguing questions in At the Dawn of the Cold War. He argues that the intergenerational crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan (1945-1946) was the first event that brought the Soviet Union to a confrontation with the United States and Britain after the period of cooperation between them during World War II. Based on top-secret archive materials from Soviet and Azerbaijani archives as well as documents from American, British, and Iranian sources, the book details Iranian Azerbaijan's independence movement, which was backed by the USSR, the Soviet struggle for oil in Iran, and the American and British reactions to these events. These events were the starting point of the longer historical period of unarmed conflict between the Soviets and the West that is now known as the Cold War. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the Cold War and international politics following WWII. |