Encyclopedia of the Cold War - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415975158 ISBN 13: 9780415975155

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Between 1945 and 1991, tension between the USA, its allies, and a group of nations led by the USSR, dominated world politics. This period was called the Cold War – a conflict that stopped short to a full-blown war.

Benefiting from the recent research of newly open archives, the Encyclopedia of the Cold War discusses how this state of perpetual tensions arose, developed, and was resolved. This work examines the military, economic, diplomatic, and political evolution of the conflict as well as its impact on the different regions and cultures of the world. Using a unique geopolitical approach that will present Russian perspectives and others, the work covers all aspects of the Cold War, from communism to nuclear escalation and from UFOs to red diaper babies, highlighting its vast-ranging and lasting impact on international relations as well as on daily life. Although the work will focus on the 1945–1991 period, it will explore the roots of the conflict, starting with the formation of the Soviet state, and its legacy to the present day.

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Rudd van Dijik

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415975158
• ISBN 13: 9780415975155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1075
• Editor: Van Dijk Ruud, Glenn Gray William, Savranskaya Svetlana, Suri Jeremi, Zhai Qiang