Cold War Era - Harbutt
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This concise historical narrative by a prize-winning Cold War historian covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), greatly inflated presidential power, and was at all times a formidable cultural and intellectual presence. It shows that the Cold War's influence was sometimes palpable, as during the McCarthy years and the Vietnam…mehr

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This concise historical narrative by a prize-winning Cold War historian covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), greatly inflated presidential power, and was at all times a formidable cultural and intellectual presence. It shows that the Cold War's influence was sometimes palpable, as during the McCarthy years and the Vietnam "conflict," and was at other times merely a backdrop, as during the civil rights movement and the loosening of cultural restraints in the 1960s. The book also explores the uneasy co-existence of the era's conservative American political structure and private realm of techno-business volatility and radical popular culture. For the student or scholar of American foreign relations, as well as general readers, this book is an excellent introductory overview of a crucially important period in American history.
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Fraser J. Harbutt is Associate Professor of History at Emory University. He is the prize-winning author of The Iron Curtain: Churchill, America, and the Origins of the Cold War (1986).
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"This concise historical narrative by a prize-winning Cold Warhistorian covers the entire Cold War period from the YaltaConference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.For the student or scholar of American foreign relations, as wellas general readers, this book is an excellent introductory overviewof a crucially important period in American history." HistoryOnline

"Fraser Harbutt covers an immense amount of ground in relativelyfew pages. This is an excellent overview of the Cold War era,providing a balance between the history of the period and thehistoriographical debates. Harbutt's account is judicious andfair-minded, though he certainly has a point of view and is notafraid to express it." Richard Polenberg, CornellUniversity

"Fraser Harbutt's latest book is important and distinctivebecause it treats the Cold War era as more than diplomatic history.It reveals a mastery of the historical literature, and is a fineread that provides an evenhanded survey of a complex and criticalperiod in American history." Alonzo L. Hamby, University ofOhio

"This in an interesting account and its incorporation of finesummariesof the views of many historians and social thinkers addsto its appeal" Victor Rosenburg, Cleveland, Ohio