The Cold War : a post-Cold War history / Ralph B. Levering.

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The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War, charting the evolution of US-Soviet relations from the end of World War II through 1990. The thoroughly revised third edition of this landmark text has been f...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Main Author: Levering, Ralph B. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Cold War.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
World politics > 1945-1989.
Diplomatic relations.
World politics.
United States.
Since 1933
Physical Description:xviii, 266 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: uneasy allies, 1941-1945
  • Downward spiral during the Truman-Stalin years, 1945-1953
  • The institutionalized Cold War, 1953-1962
  • The shift toward relative détente, 1963-1972
  • The roller-coaster years, 1973-1984
  • Epilogue: the Cold War ends, 1985-1991.