America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1996McGraw-Hill, 1997 - 408 Seiten Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this text focuses on US/Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. It identifies major policy-makers and explores major crises in the post-1945 period. The author also looks at how the Cold War was shaped by domestic events in both the USA and Soviet Union. Material new to this edition includes: a rewritten post-1989 final chapter; the rewriting of the events in the 1950s, the Lyndon Johnson presidency and the Reagan presidential years; and a stronger focus on Soviet/Russian developments. |
Inhalt
The Burden of History to 1941 | 1 |
Open Doors Iron Curtains 19411945 | 7 |
Only Two Declarations of Cold War 1946 | 30 |
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