The Cold War a new history
Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is a new account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and much fresh insight into its most crucial events. It contains much new information drawn from newly opened So...
| Main Author: | Gaddis, John Lewis. |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Penguin Press,
2005.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is a new account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and much fresh insight into its most crucial events. It contains much new information drawn from newly opened Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives. Now, as America once again finds itself in a global confrontation with an implacable ideological enemy, this is a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand.--From publisher description. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: |
xii, 333 p. : ill.; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1594200629 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History of Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 (1972); Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security (1982); The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War (1987); We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (1997); The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past (2002); and Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (2004). |