The Origins of the Cold War

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe Klappentext This book provides a clear and lively account of how relations between Russia and America after World War Two fell into a Cold War. Assessing both the clash of ideas and personalities which brought about this confrontation the book highlights the emergences of a new mode of global politics. Looking at this conflict the book argues might help us to understand todays own troubled world. Zusammenfassung A lively and accessible new introduction to the origins and emergence of the Cold War. Caroline Kennedy-Pipe brings to life the clashes of ideas and personalities that led Russia and America into decades of conflict and draws out important lessons for policy and analysis in today's equally formative period in world affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cold Wars: Themes And Trajectories Casting Long Shadows: Revolution to War Wars & Empire Far From Hegemony? Uncertainties and Constraints The Shape of the Cold War Reflections on the Origins of the Cold War: Shapes Strategies of Deception The Origins of the Cold War Then and Now: Landscapes and Shadows.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9780230535510
• ISBN: 978-0-230-53551-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; B, History, Russia, European Politics, Political Science, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Russia—Politics and government