Overcoming the Cold War: A History of Détente, 1950-1991 (Cold War History) - Hardcover

Loth, W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333971116 ISBN 13: 9780333971116

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Synopsis

This book offers a major new interpretation of the Cold War and how its aftermath shaped the course of history. The history of the Cold War is more than the history of a confrontation. There is also a need to look into why the Cold War did not become more heated, and how it was finally overcome. Wilfried Loth's book examines both these issues. It is a story about the containment of the Cold War, of détente, of the development of cooperative security, and of the changes in the Soviet bloc. The book offers new information taken from Eastern and Western archives, and for the first time draws a precise and detailed overall picture of how the Cold War was overcome.

About this title

About the Author:

WILFRIED LOTH is Professor of Modern History at the University of Essen and Chairman of the European Union Liaison Committee of Historians. He has published widely on the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His books include The Division of the World, 1941-1955 and Stalin's Unwanted Child: The Soviet Union, the German Question and the Founding of the GDR.

Review:

'An extremely knowledgeable and fluently written account of international politics in the Cold War.' - Wolfgang Krieger, Das Historisch-Politische Buch

'...for the knowledgeable reader, it offers a first-rate history of the international relationship known as detente.' - Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0333971116
• ISBN 13: 9780333971116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 265