{"product_id":"the-cold-war-a-history-in-documents-and-eyewitness-accounts-9780198208624","title":"The Cold War A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cold War contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multi-faceted account of the entire Cold War era. This volume presents the different kinds of materials necessary to understand what the Cold War was about, how it was fought, and the ways in which it affected the lives of people around the globe.By depicting the experiences of East Berlin housewives and South African students, as well as those of political leaders from Europe and the Third World, The Cold War emphasizes the variety of ways in which the Cold War conflict was experienced. The significance of these differences is essential to understanding the Cold War: it demonstrates how the causes of the clash may have looked very different in Santiago from the way they looked in Seoul, New York, Moscow, or Beijing. The book examines the entirety of the Cold War era, presenting documents from the end of World War II right up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. A final selection of sou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ean impressive array of primary materials designed to examine the Cold War as a 'global conflict' ... This book's strength is undoubtedly its offering of multiple perspectives, especially for well-established areas of Cold War history. * Vanessa Walker, History in Focus *\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts is very timely indeed. This first rate book provides students of both the Cold War and the post-Cold War international system with a treasure trove of material condensed in a single, accessible volume. * Andrew O'Neil, Australian Review of Public Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eThe collected documents convey a gritty and hard-edged atmosphere often lacking in other accounts of the Cold War.... For anyone who doubts this, Hanhimäki and Westad demonstrate through their judicious selection of documents just how dangerous, nasty, and brutal the Cold War really was. * Andrew O'Neil, Australian Review of Public Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eThe feast that the book, otherwise, provides must be acknowledged ... The work has no rivals in its field. * A.G. Noorani, Frontline (India) *\u003cbr\u003eThis valuable and original collection reflects the changing nature of Cold War studies based, in large part, on historians' new access to Communist material. * Contemporary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating compilation of documents that illuminates diverse aspects of the Cold War and from multiple perspectives. This volume is essential reading for all students of the Cold War and should prove invaluable in teaching courses on the international history of the 20th century. * Mel Leffler *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudying the Cold War ; 1. Origins 1917-1945 ; 2. The Iron Curtain ; 3. The Division of Germany ; 4. The Marshall Plan and NATO ; 5. The United States and Japan 1945-1965 ; 6. The Korean War and the Sino-Soviet Alliance ; 7. The Vietnam Wars 1945-1975 ; 8. Communism in Eastern Europe and China ; 9. Technologies, Weapons, and the Arms Race ; 10. The Integration of Western Europe ; 11. Decolonization and the Cold War ; 12. Latin America and the Cold War ; 13. Cultures and Mindsets ; 14. Spies and Covert Operations ; 15. The Rise of Detente ; 16. The Fall of Detente ; 17. Challenges to the Cold War ; 18. The End of the Cold War ; 19. Cold War Legacies ; Sources ; Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742127358295,"sku":"9780198208624","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198208624.jpg?v=1758380650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cold-war-a-history-in-documents-and-eyewitness-accounts-9780198208624","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}