The Long Peace: Inquiries Into the History of the Cold War

Gaddis, John Lewis

ISBN 10: 0195043359 / ISBN 13: 9780195043358

Published by Oxford University Press, 1989

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Edgewear; rubbing wear to spine; some tearing to jacket at spine; annotations - in blue ink - on front endpaper.
Contents - 1. Legacies: Russian-American Relations Before the Cold War; 2. The Insecurities of Victory: The United States and the Perception of the Soviet Threat After World War II; 3. Sphere of Influences: The United States and Europe, 1945-1949; 4. Drawing Lines: The Defensive Perimeter Strategy in East Asia, 1947-1951; 5. The Origins of Self-Deterrence: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear weapons, 1945-1958; 6. Dividing Adversaries: The United States and International Communism, 1945-1958; 7. Learning to Live with Transparency: The Emergence of a Reconnaissance Satellite Regime; 8. The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Long Peace: Inquiries Into the History of the Cold War
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195043359
• ISBN 13: 9780195043358
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 1.85W x 13.59H x 20.35D centimeters 1.85 centimeters width by 13.59 centimeters height by 20.35 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.295 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics
  • History

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Synopsis

In this fascinating new interpretation of Cold War history, Gaddis focuses on how the United States and the Soviet Union have managed to get through more than four decades of Cold War confrontation without going to war with one another. Using recently-declassified American and British documents, Gaddis argues that the postwar international system has contained previously unsuspected elements of stability.

About the Author

John Lewis Gaddis, Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University, is the author of The United States and the Origins of the Cold War and Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy.