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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136086003321

Titolo

The Cold War (1945-1991) / / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ipswich, Massachusetts : , : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services

[Amenia, New York] : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2016]

�2016

ISBN

1-61925-858-7

Edizione

[[First edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 volumes (xv, 545 pages))

Collana

Defining Documents in American History

Disciplina

909.825

Soggetti

Cold War

World politics - 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1945-1989 Sources

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Sources

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

v. 1, Postwar Cold War ; Red Scare -- v. 2, Escalation and detente ; End game.

Sommario/riassunto

Offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events related to the Cold War era, starting with Potsdam Accords in 1945 at the end of World War II and Chuchill's famous Iron Curtain speech in 1946, delivering a thorough examination of the Cold War and its effect on the U.S. from 1945 to 1991.