We Now Know

Zusatztext 'A new narrative of the first half of the Cold War up to the Cuban missile crisis...We Know Now is an important book. It deserves a wide readership.' Klappentext Based on the latest findings of Cold War historians and extensive research in American archives as well as the recently opened archives in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China, this book provides a vividly written, eye-opening account of the Cold War during the years from the end of World War II to its most dangerous moment, the Cuban missile crisis. Zusammenfassung Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? This text presents a comprehensive comparative history of the conflict from its origins, to it most dangerous moment - the Cuban Missile Crisis. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Dividing the World 2: Cold War Empires: Europe 3: Cold War Empires: Asia 4: Nuclear Weapons and the Early Cold War 5: The German Question 6: The Third World 7: Economics, Ideology, and Alliance Solidarity 8: Nuclear Weapons and the Escalation of the Cold War 9: The Cuban Missile Crisis 10: The New Cold War History: First Impressions Notes, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: John Lewis Gaddis, John Lewis (Robert Lovett Professor of History Gaddis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198780717
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878071-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Council on Foreign Relations; Council on Foreign Relations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)