The Cold War

ebook A Post-Cold War History · American History

By Ralph B. Levering

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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 NixonÂs policies in Vietnam and President ReaganÂs approach to U.S.-Soviet relations
  • Features six all new Âcounterparts 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
  • The Cold War