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The Cold War : a very short introduction / Robert J. McMahon.

by McMahon, Robert J., 1949-

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Oxford University Press, c2003.

World politics -- 1945-1989.

International relations.

United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.

Very short introductions ; 87.

9780192801784 (pbk.)

0192801783 (pbk.)

185 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.

World War II and the destruction of the old order -- The origins of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-50 -- Towards 'Hot War' in Asia, 1945-50 -- A global Cold War, 1950-8 -- From confrontation to detente, 1958-68 -- Cold wars at home -- The rise and fall of superpower detente, 1968-79 -- The final phase, 1980-90.

"The massive disorder and economic ruin following the Second World War made some form of Cold War inevitable, but did not predetermine its scope, intensity, or duration. This clear and stimulating Very Short Introduction examines the impact the Cold War had on the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, and the Third World. It looks at the human and financial costs, and at how it affected broader history of the second half of the twentieth century."--Publisher.

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