Cold War: An International History

Editor/Author Fink, Carole K.
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Westview Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-0-81-334795-0
Category: History - World history
Image Count: 31
Book Status: Available
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In this accessible, comprehensive retelling, Carole K. Fink provides new insights and perspectives on key events with an emphasis on people, power, and ideas, along with cultural coverage "from the Beetle to the Beatles." Cold War goes beyond US-USSR relations to explore the Cold War from an international perspective, including key events and developments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • List of Photographs
  • List of Maps
  • List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Chronology
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE PRELUDE: SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE WEST, 1917–1941
  • CHAPTER TWO THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 1941–1945
  • CHAPTER THREE COLD WAR, 1949–1952
  • CHAPTER FOUR THE WIDENING CONFLICT, 1953–1963
  • CHAPTER FIVE THE SIXTIES
  • CHAPTER SIX DÉTENTE, 1969–1975
  • CHAPTER SEVEN DÉTENTE COLLAPSES, 1975–1980
  • CHAPTER EIGHT THE SECOND COLD WAR, 1981–1985
  • CHAPTER NINE THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1985–1991
  • CHAPTER TEN AFTERMATH, 1992–2001
  • CONCLUSION
  • List of Individuals
  • Bibliography