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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457954603321

Autore

Njolstad Olav

Titolo

Last Decade of the Cold War : From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, April 2004

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

1-135-75413-6

9786610241965

1-280-24196-9

0-203-64620-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

Cass series--Cold War history, , 1471-3829 ; ; 5

Disciplina

909.82/8

Soggetti

World politics - 1975-1985

Perestroĭka

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991 Congresses

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Congresses

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Congresses

Soviet Union Economic policy 1986-1991 Congresses

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1980s Revisited or the Cold War as History—Again; 2. The Beginning and the End: Time, Context and the Cold War; 3. The European Role at the Beginning and Particularly the End of the Cold War; 4. Economic Constraints and the Turn Towards Superpower Cooperation in the 1980s; 5. Explaining the End of the Cold War: Turning Points in Soviet Security Policy; 6. The Sources of 'New Thinking' in Soviet Politics; 7. The Messianic Character of 'New Thinking': Why and What For?

8. The US Role in Winding Down the Cold War, 1980–909. The Carter Legacy: Entering the Second Era of the Cold War; 10. The United States



and the Transformation of the Cold War; 11. Reagan's Anti-Revolutionary Offensive in the Third World; 12. Germany in the Last Decade of the Cold War; 13. Before the Wall: French Diplomacy and the Last Decade of the Cold War, 1979–89; 14. Helping to Open the Door? Britain in the Last Dec

Sommario/riassunto

The last decade of the Cold War witnessed the transformation of world politics with the collapse of one-party Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This book explains how it happened and why.