Origins of the Cold War: An International History

ISBN-13: 9780415341097 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 372 str.

Melvyn P. Leffler; David S. Painter

Opis

The Cold War dominated the world political arena for forty-five years. Focusing on the international system and on events in all parts of the globe, Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter have brought together a truly international collection of articles that provide a fresh and comprehensive analysis of the origins of the Cold War.
Moving beyond earlier controversies, this edited collection focuses on the interaction between geopolitics and threat perception, technology and strategy, ideology and social reconstruction, national economic reform and patterns of international trade, and decolonization and national liberation. The editors also consider how and why the Cold War spread from Europe to Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and how groups, classes and elites used the Cold War to further their own interests.
This second edition brings the collection right up to date, including the newest research from the Communist side of the Cold War and the most recent debates on culture, race and intelligence. Also included is a completely new section dealing with the Cold War crises in Iran, Turkey and Greece and a guide to further reading.

Recenzje

'An excellent collection, which offers works with which students would be unfamiliar. The articles demonstrate a real commitment to international history.' - Robert L. Beisner, The American University, Washington DC

'A fresh collection of stimulating and impressive essays. This book will be of great value not only to students of the subject but to those teaching.' - John A. Thompson, University of Cambridge

Spis treści

Introduction: The International System and the Origins of the Cold War  Part 1: Soviet and American Strategy and Diplomacy  1. National Security and US Foreign Policy  2. Stalin and Soviet Foreign Policy  3. The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War  4. Stalin and the Bomb  Part 2: Three Cold War Crises: Iran, Turkey and Greece  5. The Iranian Crisis of 1946 and the Origins of the Cold War  6. The Turkish War Scare of 1946  7. The Greek Civil War  Part 3: Europe and the Cold War  8. British Policy and the Origins of the Cold War  9. The European Dimension of the Cold War  10. The Russians in Germany  11. Communism in Bulgaria  12. Stalin and the Italian Communists  13. Hegemony and Autonomy Within the Western Alliance  Part 4: The Cold War in Asia, Africa and Latin America  14. From the Marshall Plan to the Third World  15. Revolutionary Movements in Asia and the Cold War  16. Stalin and the Korean War  17. Mao and Sino-American Relations  18. The Impact of the Cold War on Latin America  19. The United States, the Cold War and the Color Line.  Epilogue: The End of the Cold War 

O autorze

Melvyn P. Leffler, David S. Painter