The Cambridge history of American foreign relations. Volume 4, America in the age of Soviet power, 1945-1991 / Warren I. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Warren I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

This is an elegant and concise history of American foreign relations during the Cold War era, based on the most recent American, Chinese, and Soviet literature, written from a post-Cold War perspective. All of the major foreign policy issues, including the origins of the Soviet-American conflict; the extension of the confrontation to Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere on the periphery; wars in Korea and Vietnam; crises involving the Taiwan Straits, Berlin, and Cuba; the rise and fall of détente; imperial overreach; and the critical roles of Reagan and Gorbachev in the 1980s are carefully analysed and clearly explained.

Contents:

At war's end: visions of a new world order

Origins of the Cold War

The Korean War and its consequences

New leaders and new arenas in the Cold War

Crisis resolution

America's longest war

The rise and fall of Détente

In God's country

Conclusion: America and the world, 1945-1991.

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ISBN:

9781139054683 (ebook)

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