In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.
In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.
John Lewis Gaddis is an internationally renowned historian of the Cold War and has been called 'the dean of Cold War historians' by The New York Times . He is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, is on the advisory board of the Cold War International History Project and has served as a consultant on the CNN television documentary Cold War. He is also the author of numerous books, including The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 (1972), Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy (1982), We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (1997), The Landscape of History (2002) and Surprise, Security and the American Experience (2004). He is a 2005 winner of the US National Humanities Medal and lives in New Haven.
Inhaltsangabe
The Cold WarPreface List of Maps Prologue: The View Forward I. The Return Of Fear II. Deathboats And Lifeboats III. Command Versus Spontaneity IV. The Emergence Of Autonomy V. The Recovery Of Equity VI. Actors VII. The Triumph Of Hope Epilogue: The View Back Notes Bibliography Index
The Cold WarPreface List of Maps Prologue: The View Forward I. The Return Of Fear II. Deathboats And Lifeboats III. Command Versus Spontaneity IV. The Emergence Of Autonomy V. The Recovery Of Equity VI. Actors VII. The Triumph Of Hope Epilogue: The View Back Notes Bibliography Index
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