| Description |
xi, 351 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Background to the Conflict -- 2. The United States, the Soviet Union, and World Revolution -- 3. Prelude to War -- 4. The Big Three and the Grand Alliance -- 5. The Yalta Legacy -- 6. Potsdam and the Division of Europe -- 7. Confronting the Soviet Union: The Crisis of 1946 -- 8. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- 9. Constructing the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1953 -- 10. The Berlin Blockade and the Formation of NATO -- 11. The Perils of Containment: The Korean War -- 12. Eisenhower and Dulles: From Massive Retaliation to Covert Action -- 13. The Suez Crisis -- 14. The Death of Stalin and the Revolutions of 1956 -- 15. Khrushchev and the Berlin Problem, 1958-1963 -- 16. The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 17. The Congo Crisis -- 18. The Vietnam War -- 19. The Road to Detente -- 20. The Erosion of Containment and the End of Detente -- 21. The Crisis of Communism -- 22. The Struggle to Reform the Soviet Union -- 23. The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cold War.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115
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USSR -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763
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| LC no. |
00030979 |
| ISBN |
0739101390 alk. cloth |
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0739101609 paperback |
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