For over forty years much of the world was held captive by a conflict between two wholly incompatible economic ideologies--capitalism and communism--and the two primary superpower countries who practiced them, the United States and the Soviet Union. Written in accessible language for readers with little or no previous knowledge about the subject, this work is first a general history of the Cold War, with an overview of its root causes and the policies and theories that were in place from 1947 through 1990. A thoroughly annotated chronology of important Cold War events follows. Short…mehr
For over forty years much of the world was held captive by a conflict between two wholly incompatible economic ideologies--capitalism and communism--and the two primary superpower countries who practiced them, the United States and the Soviet Union. Written in accessible language for readers with little or no previous knowledge about the subject, this work is first a general history of the Cold War, with an overview of its root causes and the policies and theories that were in place from 1947 through 1990. A thoroughly annotated chronology of important Cold War events follows. Short biographies of some of the major United States political figures and world leaders conclude the work.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Richard Alan Schwartz is a professor at Florida International University in Miami.
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Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations SECTION I: A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COLD 1. Overview 2. The Pre-Cold War (1945-47) 3. Containment (1947-54) 4. Massive Retaliation, Second Strike, and Flexible Response (1954-69) 5. Mutually Assured Destruction and Détente (1969-79) 6. Winnable Nuclear War, the Evil Empire, and the Collapse of Communism (1980-90) 7. The Aftermath of the Cold War SECTION II: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLD 8. The Bomb 9. McCarthyism and the Red Scare 10. The Korean War 11. The Second Berlin Crisis 12. The Cuban Missile Crisis 13. The Vietnam War and Protest 14. Covert Operations: The CIA and the FBI SECTION III: CHRONOLOGIES An Annotated Chronology of Important Cold War Events A Chronology of Superpower and Allied Leadership U.S. Presidential Administrations and Soviet Leadership Leaders of the Western Allies Leaders of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China SECTION IV: PROMINENT COLD WAR FIGURES Biographies of U.S. Political Figures Biographies of Superpower Leaders Selected Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations SECTION I: A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COLD 1. Overview 2. The Pre-Cold War (1945-47) 3. Containment (1947-54) 4. Massive Retaliation, Second Strike, and Flexible Response (1954-69) 5. Mutually Assured Destruction and Détente (1969-79) 6. Winnable Nuclear War, the Evil Empire, and the Collapse of Communism (1980-90) 7. The Aftermath of the Cold War SECTION II: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLD 8. The Bomb 9. McCarthyism and the Red Scare 10. The Korean War 11. The Second Berlin Crisis 12. The Cuban Missile Crisis 13. The Vietnam War and Protest 14. Covert Operations: The CIA and the FBI SECTION III: CHRONOLOGIES An Annotated Chronology of Important Cold War Events A Chronology of Superpower and Allied Leadership U.S. Presidential Administrations and Soviet Leadership Leaders of the Western Allies Leaders of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China SECTION IV: PROMINENT COLD WAR FIGURES Biographies of U.S. Political Figures Biographies of Superpower Leaders Selected Bibliography Index
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