The Cold War in Europe: Era of a Divided Continent - Softcover

Charles S. Maier (Harvard University; USA) (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558761330 ISBN 13: 9781558761339

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

Now that the Cold War is over, this book is especially timely: it analyzes and summarizes the events that ushered in an epoch of history nearly fifty years ago, and provides an analysis of the forces that were suppressed or strengthened during the Cold War, and some of which are now unleashed again. This book discusses the different interpretations of the Cold War. A selection of the most important essays on the origins of the Cold War by well-known politicians and scholars, including Averell Harriman, John Gaddis, Thomas McCormick, Radomir Luza, Geir Lundestad, Alan S. Milward, Antony Carew, Michael Hogan, Lutz Niethammer, Marc Trachtenberg and Mark Kramer provide the critical spectrum of the debate on the acceleration of the Cold War. The roles of the giants of history, such as Churchill, Stalin, and Truman, as well as those of local leaders, are illuminated in these essays. Special emphasis is placed on the political economy of the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and welfare capitalism.

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Review

"This new edition draws upon documentation from Soviet archives that was not previously available, and opens up the role of nuclear strategy in the Soviet-American conflict. The editor's revised introduction likewise reconsiders the historiography of the Cold War in light of the recent archival disclosures. The depth and variety of these analyses leads to the title's usefulness as a classroom text." - Midwest Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558761330
• ISBN 13: 9781558761339
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 422