3 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

v. 1. Origins -- The Cold War and the international history of the twentieth century / Odd Arne Westad -- Ideology and the origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 / David C. Engerman -- The world economy and the Cold War in the middle of the twentieth century / Charles S. Maier -- The emergence of an Ame...

v. 2. Crises and détente -- Grand strategies in the Cold War / John Lewis Gaddis -- Identity and the Cold War / Robert Jervis -- Economic aspects of the Cold War, 1962-1975 / Richard N. Cooper -- The Cuban missile crisis / James G. Hershberg -- Nuclear competition in an era of stalemate, 1963-1975...

v. 3. Endings -- The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century / Jan-Werner Müller -- The world economy and the Cold War, 1970-1990 / Giovanni Arrighi -- The rise and fall of Eurocommunism / Silvio Pons -- The Cold War and Jimmy Carter / Nancy Mitchell -- Soviet foreign po...