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The Cold War : the deals, the spies, the lies, the truth / John Lewis Gaddis.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2007.Description: xii, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780141025322
  • 0141025328
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.82/5
LOC classification:
  • D 843 G123c 2007
Contents:
Prologue: The view forward The return of fear Deathboats and lifeboats Command versus spontaneity The emergence of autonomy The recovery of equity Actors The triumph of hope Epilogue: The view back
Summary: Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is an account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and insight into its most crucial events. Drawing on newly opened Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why -- from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 843 G123c 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000102420
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The view forward
The return of fear
Deathboats and lifeboats
Command versus spontaneity
The emergence of autonomy
The recovery of equity
Actors
The triumph of hope
Epilogue: The view back

Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is an account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age, with portraits of its major personalities and insight into its most crucial events. Drawing on newly opened Soviet, East European, and Chinese archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why -- from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev.

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