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America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945 - 2000

by: Lafeber, Walter

America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945 - 2000

by: Lafeber, Walter

ISBN 13:
9780072417586
ISBN 10:
0072417587
Edition: 9th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/27/2001
Publisher: MCG
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Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on U.S./Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. The thesis allows for use of anecdote and quotation to exemplify the policies.

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America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945 - 2000

America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945 - 2000

9780072417586

0072417587

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Table of Contents

Preface to the Ninth Edition

Introduction: The Burden of History (to 1941)

1. Open Doors, Iron Curtains (1941-1945)

2. Only Two Declarations of Cold War (1946)

3. Two Halves of the Same Walnut (1947-1948)

4. The “Different World” of NSC-68 (1948-1950)

5. Korea: The War for Both Asia and Europe (1950-1951)

6. New Issues, New Faces (1951-1953)

7. A Different Cold War (1953-1955)

8. East and West of Suez (1954-1957)

9. New Frontiers and Old Dilemmas (1957-1962)

10. Southeast Asia—and Elsewhere (1962-1966)

11. A New Containment: The Rise and Fall of Détente (1966-1976)

12. From Cold War to Old War: Reagan and Gorbachev (1977-1989)

13. A New World Order—Or the Age of Fragmentation? (1989-1993)

14. The Post-Cold-War Era: Clinton, Yeltsin, and back to a Bush (1993-)

Bibliography for Additional Reading

Index

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