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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Lamberton Harper (Professor of American Foreign Policy and European Studies, The Bologna Center of The Johns Hopkins University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.20cm Weight: 0.457kg ISBN: 9780199237012ISBN 10: 0199237018 Pages: 348 Publication Date: 26 May 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Documentary Traces 1: Russia and the West: Destined to Collide? 2: The End of Illusions, 1945-1946 3: The Consolidation of the Blocs, 1947-1949 4: The Globalization and Militarization of the Contest, 1949-1953 5: The Age of Brinkmanship, 1953-1963 6: The Struggle in the Third World, 1950-1968 7: The Rise and Decline of Détente, 1969-1977 8: To the Panic of '79 9: Stirrings of Change, 1980-1985 10: Putting an End to the Cold War, 1986-1990 Conclusion Endnotes Select Bibliography IndexReviewsa clearly written, lucid political history of the Cold War * Peter Shearman, Europe-Asia Studies * an excellent book, a careful, nuanced and rich account of four decades of East-West conflict. * Survival * This is an excellent overview of the Cold War. * Dr Gabor Batonyi, University of Bradford * a clearly written, lucid political history of the Cold War Peter Shearman, Europe-Asia Studies a clearly written, lucid political history of the Cold War Peter Shearman, Europe-Asia Studies an excellent book, a careful, nuanced and rich account of four decades of East-West conflict. Survival Author InformationJohn Lamberton Harper is Professor of American Foreign Policy and European Studies at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author of America and the Reconstruction of Italy (1986), winner of the Marraro prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies, American Visions of Europe: Franklin D. Roosevelt, George F. Kennan, and Dean G. Acheson (1994), winner of the Ferrell prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, and American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy (2004). He is a contributing editor of Survival, and a member of the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |