The Cambridge History of the Cold War

by Leffler, Melvyn P.; Westad, Odd Arne

• ISBN13: 9781107602304
• ISBN10: 1107602300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-20
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. A team of leading scholars explains how the Cold War seemed to stabilize after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and how this sense of increased stability evolved into the détente era of the early 1970s. The authors outline how conflicts in the Third World, as well as the interests and ideologies of the superpowers, eroded the détente process. They delve into the social and economic roots of the conflict, illuminate processes of integration and disintegration, analyze the arms race and explore the roles of intelligence, culture and national identities. Discussing the newest findings on US and Soviet foreign policy and examining crises inside and outside of Europe, this authoritative volume will define Cold War studies for years to come.

Table of Contents

Grand strategies in the Cold War

Identity and the Cold War

Economic aspects of the Cold War, 1962-1975

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Nuclear competition in an era of stalemate, 1963-1975

US foreign policy from Kennedy to

Soviet foreign policy, 1962-1975

France, 'Gaullism', and the Cold War

European integration and the

Détente in Europe, 1962-1975

Eastern Europe: Stalinism to solidarity

The Cold War and the transformation of the Mediterranean, 1960-1975

The Cold War in the Third World, 1963-1975

The Indochina Wars and the Cold War, 1945-1975

The Cold War in the Middle East: Suez crisis to Camp

Cuba and the Cold War, 1959-1980

The Sino-Soviet split

Détente in the Nixon-Ford years, 1969-1976

Nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation during the Cold War

Intelligence in the Cold War

Reading, viewing and tuning in to the Cold War

Counter-cultures: the rebellions against the Cold War order, 1965-1975

The structure of great power politics, 1963-1975

The Cold War and the social and economic history of the twentieth century

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