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Title
A global history of the Cold War, 1945-1991 / Philip Jenkins.
ISBN
9783030813666 (electronic bk.)
3030813665 (electronic bk.)
9783030813659
3030813657
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vi, 260 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-81366-6 doi
Call Number
D843 .J46 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.82/5
Summary
"This textbook provides a dynamic and concise overview of the Cold War. Offering balanced coverage of the whole era, it takes a firmly global approach, showing how at various times the focus of East-West rivalry shifted to new and surprising venues, from Laos to Katanga, from Nicaragua to Angola. Throughout, Jenkins emphasises intelligence, technology and religion, as well as highlighting themes that are relevant to the present day. A rich array of popular culture examples is used to demonstrate how the crisis was understood and perceived by mainstream audiences across the world, and the book includes three snapshot chapters, which offer an overview of the state of play at pivotal moments in the conflict 1946, 1968 and 1980 in order to illuminate the inter-relationship between apparently discrete situations. This is an essential introduction for students studying Cold War, twentieth century or Global history."-- ProQuest Ebook Central resource page, viewed March 7, 2022
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 7, 2022).
Between wars? 1945-1967. Origins : the world in 1946
The struggle for Europe
Nuclear perils
Asian theaters
Decolonization and Third World struggles
Khrushchev and Kennedy
Living in the Cold War. National security and repression
Spies, saboteurs, and defectors
Cold War cultures
The struggle redefined, 1968-1991. Crisis of ideologies : the world in 1968
A cold peace, or war by other means?
Four minutes to midnight : the world in 1980
The new struggle
Endgame
Conclusion : winners, losers, and inheritors.
