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The Cold War contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multi-faceted account of the entire Cold War era. The experiences of the East Berlin housewife are placed alongside those of the South African student; the participation of political leaders from Europe and...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: |
2013. ©2003 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The Cold War contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multi-faceted account of the entire Cold War era. The experiences of the East Berlin housewife are placed alongside those of the South African student; the participation of political leaders from Europe and the Third World stand juxtaposed. Not only does this book put a human face on the conflict, but it draws emphasis to the variety of ways in which this conflict was experienced. The final selection of documents illustrates the global impact of the Cold War to the present day, and establishes links between the Cold War and the events of September 11, 2001. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 694 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199272808 (paperback) : 0199272808 (paperback) 9780198208624 (hardback) 0198208626 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | D839 |
| CLC: | K153 |
| Call Number: | K153/C688-1 |
| Contents: | Origins, 1917-1945 -- The Iron Curtain -- The division of Germany -- The Marshall Plan and NATO -- The United States and Japan, 1945-1965 -- The Korean War and the Sino-Soviet alliance -- The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1975 -- Communism in Eastern Europe and China -- Technologies, weapons, and the arms race -- The integration of Western Europe -- Decolonization and the Cold War -- Latin America and the Cold War -- Cultures and mindsets -- Spies and covert operations -- The rise of détente -- The fall of détente -- Challenges to the Cold War: the 1980s -- The end of the Cold War -- Cold War legacies. |