The Cambridge History of the Cold War
- ISBN-10
- 0521837197
- ISBN-13
- 9780521837194
- Series
- The Cambridge History of the Cold War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 643
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-25
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Odd Arne Westad, Melvyn P. Leffler
Description
This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period. A team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical environments of the two world wars and interwar period.
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