The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History (The American History Series) - Softcover

Levering, Ralph B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118848403 ISBN 13: 9781118848401

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Synopsis

Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War.

• Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on  President Nixon’s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan’s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations
• Features six all new "counterparts" sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War
• Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century
• Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far

About this title

About the Author

Ralph Levering is Emeritus Professor of History at Davidson College. He is the author or co-author of nine books, including Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives (2002) and The Kennedy Crises: The Press, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy (1983).

From the Back Cover

The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War, charting the evolution of U.S.-Soviet relations from the end of World War II through 1990. The thoroughly revised third edition of this landmark text has been fully updated to incorporate new scholarship on such topics as the Vietnam War and President Reagan's policies toward the Soviet Union.

In addition to delineating the history of the Cold War, Ralph Levering argues that the success of Western democratic capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that are paramount in the twenty-first century. With extended coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as a thorough examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the new edition of The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History will continue to serve as an essential guide to this pivotal period in global history.

From the Inside Flap

The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War, charting the evolution of U.S.-Soviet relations from the end of World War II through 1990. The thoroughly revised third edition of this landmark texthas been fully updated to incorporate new scholarship on such topics as the Vietnam War and President Reagan’s policies toward the Soviet Union.

In addition to delineating  the history of the Cold War,  Ralph Levering argues that  the success of Western democratic capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that are paramount in  the twenty-first century. With extended coverage of the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as a thorough examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the new edition of The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History will continue to serve as an essential guide to this pivotal period in global history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118848403
• ISBN 13: 9781118848401
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 288