Ralph B. Levering
The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History
Paperback
(Wiley-Blackwell Feb. 16, 2016)
, 3 edition
Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War.
- Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President Nixon's policies in Vietnam and President Reagan's approach to U.S.-Soviet relations
- Features six all new counterparts sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War
- Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century
- Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far
- Series
- The American History Series
- ISBN
- / 9781118848401
- Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 10.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 0.6
in.