Full name: The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Robert J. McMahon Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Politics Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780192801784 0192801783

Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post'€“Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President Nixon'€™s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan'€™s approach to U.S.'€“Soviet relations Features six all new counterparts sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far Similar books: Empire by Stephen Howe The Cold War by Martin Walker The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis Arsenals of Folly by Richard Rhodes Miracles and Massacres by Glenn Beck The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson The Celts by Barry Cunliffe One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman The Making of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D'emilio The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey Command and Control by Eric Schlosser Rising Tide by John M. Barry Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen Modern Times by Paul Johnson Reconstruction by Eric Foner