| Series |
Primary sourcebook series
Primary sourcebook series. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
The end of World War II and the descent of the Iron Curtain -- The Marshall plan and the Berlin airlift -- The Korean War -- McCarthyism and the "Red Menace" -- Behind the Curtain -- The Cold War heats up -- Mutual assured destruction -- The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Vietnam War -- Détante and "the China card" -- Proxy wars -- Reagan and Gorbachev : from Star Wars to Perestroika -- The collapse of the Soviet Empire -- Russia and the world in the post-Cold War era. |
| Abstract |
"Examines the Cold War and its impact on America, the Soviet Union, and the world. Features include narrative overviews of key events and trends, 100+ primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and subject index"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-525) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963- Cold War. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2006 |
| LCCN | 2006015330 |
| ISBN | 0780809343 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780780809345 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
