Historical Dictionary of the Cold War

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Cold War contains a chronology, an introduction, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal weapons systems, and the various political and military strategies.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Authors' Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

Joseph Smith is Reader Emeritus in History at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He is an expert on Cold War history and American foreign relations, particularly with Latin America, notably Brazil.

Simon Davis is Professor of History at Bronx Community College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He concentrates on international and imperial history, with particular emphasis on the modern Middle East.

Summary

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Cold War contains a chronology, an introduction, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal weapons systems, and the various political and military strategies.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Davis, Davis Simon, Smith, Joseph Smith, Joseph Davis Smith
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2017
• EAN: 9781442281851
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-8185-1
• No. of pages: 422
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest; Historical Dictionaries of War; Historical Dictionaries of War; Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General