We Now Know Rethinking Cold War History
by Gaddis, John LewisEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-07-09
Publisher(s): Clarendon Press
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Summary
Based on the latest findings of Cold War historians and extensive research in American archives as well as the recently opened archives in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China, this book provides a vividly written, eye-opening account of the Cold War during the years from the end of World War II to its most dangerous moment, the Cuban missile crisis.
Author Biography
John Lewis Gaddis is Robert Lovett Professor of History at Yale University. His many books include Strategies of Containment, The Long Peace, and The United States and the End of the Cold War.
Table of Contents
| Dividing the World | |
| Cold War Empires: Europe | |
| Cold War Empires: Asia | |
| Nuclear Weapons and the Early Cold War | |
| The German Question | |
| The Third World | |
| Economics, Ideology, and Alliance Solidarity | |
| Nuclear Weapons and the Escalation of the Cold War | |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis | |
| The New Cold War History: First Impressions | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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