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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784853703321

Autore

Crockatt Richard

Titolo

The fifty years war : the United States and the Soviet Union in world politics, 1941-1991 / / Richard Crockatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-77934-8

0-415-10471-8

9786610354788

1-280-35478-X

1-134-77935-6

0-203-28570-0

0-203-20626-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 417p. ) : maps

Disciplina

327.73047/09/045

Soggetti

Cold War

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations 1989-1993

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-398) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Perspectives 1. Introduction: The Fifty Years' War 2. The American and Soviet Foreign Policy Part II: The Emergence of a Bipolar World 1941-1953 3. The Second World War and the Struggle for Peace 1941-1946 4. 'Two Ways of Life': The Cold War in Europe 1947-1953 5. Cold War: The Far Eastern Dimension, 1945-1950 Part III: Globalism and the Limits of Bipolarity 1953-1964 6. Peaceful Coexistence and Irreconcilable Conflict 7. The Nuclear Arms Race 1945-1963 8. The United States, the Soviet Union and the Third World Part IV: Detente and its Limits 1965-1981 9. Detente in the Making 1965-1973 10. The Vietnam War and the Superpower Triangle 11. Detente Under Pressure 1973-1981 Part V: Cold War V International Politics: The Denouement



1981-1991 12. Reaganism and the Spectre of Communism 13. Gorbachev and the New World Disorder Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Taking an impartial stance, the author presents a comprehensive history of the global politics of the Cold War, covering the goals and fears of each superpower.