On Every Front: The Making and Unmaking of the Cold War: 0 (Norton Essays in American History) - Tapa blanda

Paterson, Thomas G.

 
9780393964356: On Every Front: The Making and Unmaking of the Cold War: 0 (Norton Essays in American History)
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ISBN 10: 0393964353 ISBN 13: 9780393964356
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 1994

Sinopsis

Opening his new book with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn countries after the Second World War, Thomas G. Paterson follows the lng Cold War crisis through to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He examines features of the international system that guaranteed conflict: the great-power quest for order by building spheres of influence; the power, ideology, and strategic-economic needs of the United States and the Soviet Union that compelled activist, global foreign policies; and the personalities of key figures, from Truman to Bush, Stalin to Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

In his exploration of the end of the Cold War, the author concludes that the two superpowers sought detente because they had been weakened by the economic costs of the Cold War, challenges from allies, and the diffusion of power in the international system after the rise of the Third World. As historical story and analysis, On Every Front prvides a telling acount of an era - of the making and unmaking of the Cold War.

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Opening his new book with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn countries after the Second World War, Thomas G. Paterson follows the lng Cold War crisis through to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He examines features of the international system that guaranteed conflict: the great-power quest for order by building spheres of influence; the power, ideology, and strategic-economic needs of the United States and the Soviet Union that compelled activist, global foreign policies; and the personalities of key figures, from Truman to Bush, Stalin to Gorbachev and Yeltsin. In his exploration of the end of the Cold War, the author concludes that the two superpowers sought detente because they had been weakened by the economic costs of the Cold War, challenges from allies, and the diffusion of power in the international system after the rise of the Third World. As historical story and analysis, On Every Front prvides a telling acount of an era - of the making and unmaking of the Cold War.

Reseña del editor

How and why did the Cold War begin? How and why did it end? What will its end mean for international relations? Opening with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn countries after the Second World War, Thomas Paterson follows the long Cold War crisis through to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. As historical story and analysis, "On Every Front", now appearing in paperback, provides a telling account of an era - of the making and unmaking of the Cold War.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
1994
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393964353
ISBN 13 
9780393964356
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
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