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Autore |
Gaddis John Lewis |
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Titolo |
The United States and the end of the Cold War : implications, reconsiderations, provocations / / John Lewis Gaddis |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994 |
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©1992 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-028211-8 |
0-19-972884-4 |
1-280-65489-9 |
9786610654895 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cold War |
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union |
Soviet Union Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991 |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; ONE: The American Foreign Policy Style in the Twentieth Century; TWO: The Objectives of Containment; THREE: Morality and the American Experience in the Cold War; FOUR: The Unexpected John Foster Dulles; FIVE: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War History; SIX: The Essential Relevance of Nuclear Weapons; SEVEN: The Unexpected Ronald Reagan; EIGHT: How the Cold War Might End: An Exercise in Faulty Prediction; NINE: Tectonics, History, and the End of the Cold War; TEN: Great Illusions, the Long Peace, and the Future of the International System; ELEVEN: Toward the Post-Cold War World |
Notes and AcknowledgmentsBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the |
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revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. ""But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind,""writes John Gaddis. ""It can be a dangerous thing to have achieved one's objectives, because one then has to decide what to do next."" In The United States and the End of the Cold War, Gaddis provides a sharp focus on the long history of the Cold War, shedding new light on its sudden ending, as wellas |
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