Cold War

Zusatztext 'The book is mainly aimed at A-Level and undergraduate students and as such it is very successful. It is lively! with many telling quotations to illustreate various points. - Seer'It is evident that Lightbody is up-to-date on the most important recent scholarship on the Cold War ... It can be highly recommended as a text for A-level students and possibly for introductory university courses.' - Journal of Contemporary History Informationen zum Autor Bradley Lightbody is Head of History at Dewsbury College, West Yorkshire. Klappentext Bradley Lightbody here examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the Second World war, and analyzes its eight major phases from the emergence of the Cold War through the late 1980s. Zusammenfassung Bradley Lightbody here examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the Second World war, and analyzes its eight major phases from the emergence of the Cold War through the late 1980s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Emergence of the Cold War, 2. Confrontation, 3. Peaceful coexistence, 4. The missile race, 5. Détente, 6. Disarmament, 7. Evil empire, 8. Glasnost, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Lightbody, Bradley Lightbody, Bradley (Dewsbury College Lightbody, Lightbody Bradley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 17 to 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138165137
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16513-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Questions and Analysis in History; Questions & Analysis in Histor; Questions and Analysis in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history