Primary and secondary sources examine key issues of the Cold War from the end of World War II to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Quoted in Michael Beschloss, ed., Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963–1964 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 401–3. 5. Quoted in Andrew Preston, The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam (Cambridge, ...
Named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States."A valuable contribution to the preservation of historical memory... In nine witty...
The flamboyant Harvey and the temperate Pitovranov made a curious contrast. Like all legends, “Big Bill” prompted exaggeration. The outsize thirty-sevenyear-old drank up to five martinis before raising a fork to his lunch, and he seemed ...
Each document is preceded by an explanatory introduction. An annotated bibliography of works suitable for students, and a selection of photographs enhance the value of this work.
Evaluates the second half of the twentieth century in light of its first fifty years, chronicling how the world transformed from a dark era of international communism and nuclear weapons to a time of political and economic freedom.
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Covering an extensive period and much of the globe, this dictionary presents a year-by-year chronology and alphabetical entries on civilian and military leaders, crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal weapons ...
How did it happen? The essays in this collection offer illuminating insights into the key players--Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and others--and the monumental events that led to the collapse of communism.
This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the many other forces -- domestic politics, bureaucratic inertia, quirks of personality, and perceptions of Soviet ...
The book is genuinely global in its reach and captures the dramas and agonies of a period always overshadowed by the horror of nuclear war and which, for millions of people, was not 'cold' at all: a time of relentless violence, squandered ...