Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives

by Earl C. Edmondson, Ralph B. Levering, Verena Botzenhart-Viehe, et al.

Book Overview

Debating the Origins of the Cold War examines the coming of the Cold War through Americans' and Russians' contrasting perspectives and actions. In two engaging essays, the authors demonstrate that a huge gap existed between the democratic, capitalist, and global vision of the post-World War II peace that most Americans believed in and the dictatorial, xenophobic, and regional approach that characterized Soviet policies. The authors argue that repeated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847694089
• ISBN13: 9780847694082
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"