The Cold War
ebook ∣ An International History · The Making of the Contemporary World
By David Painter
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David Painter provides a compact and analytical study of the origins, course and end of the Cold War. Taking a global overview and emphasising the Third World as well as the contested regions of Asia and Central America, he includes discussion of:
* the global distribution of power
* the arms race
* the world economy
* the human and financial costs of the Cold War
* key incidents, wars, 'actors' and especially 'the end'.
The book will prove an invaluable introduction to the international state of affairs between 1945 and 1990.
* the global distribution of power
* the arms race
* the world economy
* the human and financial costs of the Cold War
* key incidents, wars, 'actors' and especially 'the end'.
The book will prove an invaluable introduction to the international state of affairs between 1945 and 1990.
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