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The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
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- 9780195078510
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Cold War : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 6.1in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Width
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- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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For half of the twentieth century, the Cold War gripped the world. International relations everywhere--and domestic policy in scores of nations--pivoted around this central point, the American-Soviet rivalry. Even today, much of the world's diplomacy grapples with chaos created by the Cold War's sudden disappearance. Here indeed is a subject that defies easy understanding. Now comes a definitive account, a startlingly fresh, clear eyed, comprehensive history of ourcentury's longest struggle. In The Cold War, Ronald E. Powaski offers a new perspective on the great rivalry, even as he provides a coherent, concise narrative. He wastes no time inchallenging the reader to think of the Cold War in new ways, arguing that the roots of the conflict are centuries old, going back to Czarist Russia and to the very infancy of the American nation. He shows that both Russia and America were expansionist nations with messianic complexes, and the people of both nations believed they possessed a unique mission in history. Except for a brief interval in 1917, Americans perceived the Russian government (whether Czarist or Bolshevik) as despotic;Russians saw the United States as conspiring to prevent it from reaching its place in the sun. U.S. military intervention in Russia's civil war, with the aim of overthrowing Lenin's upstart regime,entrenched Moscow's fears. Soviet American relations, difficult before World War II--when both nations were relatively weak militarily and isolated from world affairs--escalated dramatically after both nations emerged as the world's major military powers. Powaski paints a portrait of the spiraling tensions with stark clarity, as each new development added to the rivalry: the Marshall Plan, the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, the Berlin blockade, the formation of NATO, the first Soviet nucleartest. In this atmosphere, Truman found it easy to believe that the Communist victory in China and the Korean War were products of Soviet expansionism. He and his successors extended their own web ofmutual defense treaties, covert actions, and military interventions across the globe--from the Caribbean to the Middle East and, finally to Southeast Asia, where containment famously foundered in the bog of Vietnam. Powaski skillfully highlights the domestic politics, diplomatic maneuvers, and even psychological factors as he untangles the knot that bound the two superpowers together in conflict. From the nuclear arms race, to the impact of U.S. recognition of China ondetente, to Brezhnev's inflexible persistence in competing with America everywhere, he casts new light on familiar topics. Always judicious in his assessments, Powaski gives due credit to Reagan andespecially Bush in facilitating the Soviet collapse, but also notes that internal economic failure, not outside pressure, proved decisive in the Communist failure. Perhaps most important, he offers a clear eyed assessment of the lasting distortions the struggle wrought upon American institutions, raising questions about whether anyone really won the Cold War. With clarity, fairness, and insight, he offers the definitive account of our century's longest international rivalry.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195078519
ISBN-13
9780195078510
eBay Product ID (ePID)
740588
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Cold War : the United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.1in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
9in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E183.8.S65p69 1998
Reviews
"The organization by American presidentail administrations creates a veryclear and readable account of Soviet-American relations over the entirethirty-year history of the USSR."--James A. Brown, Tougaloo College, "The organization by American presidential administrations creates a very clear and readable account of Soviet-American relations over the entire thirty-year history of the USSR."--James A. Brown, Tougaloo College, "A well balanced study. May be used for required or supplemental reading."--Emmett A. Shea, Westchester State College, "An excellent basic survey of the Cold EWar era around which additional readings can be arranged to suit any teacher's preferences."--H. Peter Krosby, State University of New York at Albany, "An excellent basic survey of the Cold EWar era around which additional readings can be arranged to suit any teacher's preferences."--H. Peter Krosby, State University of New York at Albany"The organization by American presidential administrations creates a very clear and readable account of Soviet-American relations over the entire thirty-year history of the USSR."--James A. Brown, Tougaloo College"A well balanced study. May be used for required or supplemental reading."--Emmett A. Shea, Westchester State College
Table of Content
Introduction: The U.S. and Czarist Russia1. The U.S. and the Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-19332. F.D.R. and the Grand Alliance, 1933-19453. Truman and Containment, 1945-19534. Eisenhower and the Globalization of the Cold War, 1953-19615. Kennedy and Johnson: Confrontation and Cooperation, 1961-19696. Nixon, Ford, and Detente, 1969-19777. Carter and the Decline of Detente, 1977-19818. The Reagan Cold War, 1981-19899. George Bush and the End of the Cold War, 1989-1991ConclusionSuggested ReadingsIndex
Copyright Date
1997
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, International Relations / General
Lccn
96-024691
Dewey Decimal
327.73047
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
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