Mark Gilbert

Cold War Europe

The Politics of a Contested Continent

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This compelling history explores the conflict that defined world politics for decades. Focusing on European actors and events, Gilbert emphasizes the Cold War's central role in the postwar development of the continent. Fast-paced and readable, this political, intellectual, and social history illuminates a conflict that continues to resonate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781442219854
• ISBN-10: 1442219858
• Artikelnr.: 41196670

Autorenporträt

Mark Gilbert is resident professor of international history at SAIS Europe, the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is the 2018 Chair of Jury for the Cundill History Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: From War to Cold War Chapter 3:
Stalinization Chapter 4: Creating the West Chapter 5: 1956: Communism in
Turmoil Chapter 6: The Berlin Crisis Chapter 7: Really Existing Socialism
Chapter 8: The Reluctant Ally Chapter 9: Détente and Solidarity Chapter 10:
Reluctant Allies Chapter 11: 1989: The Year of Revolutions Chapter 12:
Unifications and Dissolutions