The Cambridge History of the Cold War

by Odd Arne Westad and Melvyn P. Leffler

Book Overview

Volume Two of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. Leading scholars explain how the Cold War seemed to stabilize after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and how this sense of increased stability developed into the detente era of the early 1970s. They also outline how conflicts in the Third World, as well as the interests and ideologies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107602300
• ISBN13: 9781107602304
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"