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The Columbia Guide to the Cold War /

The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history, and the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abrupt cessation, we have only begun to measure the effects of the Cold War on American, Soviet, post-Soviet, and international military strategy, econo...

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Autor principal: Kort, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. Narrative Overview
  • 1. The Cold War and Its Historians
  • 2. The Cold War Begins: 1945-1953
  • 3. From the Thaw to the Brink: 1953-1962
  • 4. Vietnam and Détente: 1962-1975
  • 5. The New Cold War: 1976-1984
  • 6. The End of the Cold War: 1985-1990
  • NOTES
  • II. The Cold War A to Z
  • III. Concise Chronology
  • IV. Resources
  • Introduction: Looking for Resources
  • Section I. Topics
  • Section II. Memoirs and Biographies
  • Section III. Bibliographies, Reference Works, and Primary-Source Collections
  • Section IV. Journals, Projects/Archives, and Presidential Libraries
  • Section V. Electronic Resources
  • Section VI. Films and Novels
  • Appendix: The Costs of the Cold War
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter