Title The global Cold War : third world interventions and the making of our times / Odd Arne Westad

Edition First paperback edition Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 484 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The empire of liberty : American ideology and foreign interventions -- The empire of justice : Soviet ideology and foreign interventions -- The revolutionaries : Anti-colonial politics and transformations -- Creating the Third World : The United States confronts revolution -- The Cuban and Vietnamese challenges -- The crisis of decolonization : Southern Africa -- The prospects of socialism : Ethiopia and the Horn -- The Islamist defiance : Iran and Afghanistan -- The 1980s : The Reagan offensive -- The Gorbachev withdrawal and the end of the Cold War Summary The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today -- especially international politics, economics, and military affairs. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most of today's key international conflicts, including the "war on terror." Odd Arne Westad examines the origins and course of Third World revolutions and the ideologies that drove the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. towards interventionism. He focuses on how these interventions gave rise to resentments and resistance that, in the end, helped to topple one and to seriously challenge the other superpower. In addition, he demonstrates how these worldwide interventions determined the international and domestic framework within which political, social and cultural changes took place in such countries as China, Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua. According to Westad, these changes, plus the ideologies, movements and states that interventionism stirred up, constitute the real legacy of the Cold War Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-470) and index Notes Originally published: 2005 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2017) Subject Cold War. World politics -- 1945-1989. International relations. World politics -- 1989- international relations. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. International relations World politics Internationaler Konflikt Ost-West-Konflikt Weltpolitik Internationale conflicten. Koude Oorlog. Interventie. Internationalisatie. guerre froide -- pays en voie de développement -- politique étrangère -- URSS. guerre froide -- pays en voie de développement -- politique étrangère -- Etats-Unis. SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Relations -- Soviet Union United States -- Relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Relations -- United States Subject Developing countries Soviet Union United States Entwicklungsländer Ontwikkelingslanden. Verenigde Staten. Sovjet-Unie. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007298360 ISBN 9781139649230 113964923X 9780511817991 0511817991 9781139638777 1139638777 052170314X 9780521703147

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