The cold war : a world history / Odd Arne Westad.
The cold war : a world history / Odd Arne Westad.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
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G 2017/4711
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Language
English
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Physical content
710 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
World making -- Starting points -- Tests of war -- Europe's asymmetries -- Reconstructions -- New Asia -- Korean tragedy -- Eastern spheres -- The making of the West -- China's scourge -- Breaking empires -- Kennedy's contingencies -- Encountering Vietnam -- The Cold War and Latin America -- The age...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"We tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Bancroft Prize-winning scholar Odd Arne Westad argues that the Cold War must be understood...
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The cold war : a world history / Odd Arne Westad.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-675) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/4711
Record Identifier
74VKVrWwRr0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVrWwRr0X
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ISBN
0465054935 (hardcover)
9780465054930 (hardcover)
DDC
909.825
MMS ID
991024124718902626
