Screen LibraryThe Cold War
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| Published: |
Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
History files |
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| Carrier Form: | 144 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm +10 facsmilies. |
| ISBN: |
9780500289587 0500289581 |
| Index Number: | K153 |
| CLC: | K153 |
| Call Number: | K153/H795 |
| Contents: |
Includes 10 loose-leaf facsimiles of historical documents in back pocket Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133) and index. Introduction: competing worlds -- Origins : 1917-1945 -- Confrontation : 1945-1950 -- Crises and neuroses : 1950-1962 -- Cooperation and protest : 1962-1972 -- Bleak midwinter : 1972-1983 -- Endings : 1983-1991 -- Legacies : triumph of the West? A geopolitical contest between the United States and its allies on one side, and the Soviet Union, China and their associates on the other side, the Cold War was also an ideological struggle between two political and economic systems. Crises arose and proxy conflicts occurred, sometimes resulting- as in Korea and Vietnam- in large-scale death tolls. In the main, however, confrontation took the form of a battle for the hearts and minds, and it was conducted through propaganda campaigns in books, newspapers ... |