Bradley Lightbody (Dewsbury College, West Yorkshire, UK)

The Cold War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bradley Lightbody here examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the Second World war, and analyzes its eight major phases from the emergence of the Cold War through the late 1980s.

Produktdetails

• Questions and Analysis in History
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU18611
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Altersempfehlung: 17 bis 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 207g
• ISBN-13: 9780415195263
• ISBN-10: 0415195268
• Artikelnr.: 13487438

Autorenporträt

Bradley Lightbody is Head of History at Dewsbury College, West Yorkshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Emergence of the Cold War, 2. Confrontation, 3. Peaceful coexistence, 4. The missile race, 5. Détente, 6. Disarmament, 7. Evil empire, 8. Glasnost, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Rezensionen

'The book is mainly aimed at A-Level and undergraduate students and as such it is very successful. It is lively, with many telling quotations to illustreate various points. - Seer

'It is evident that Lightbody is up-to-date on the most important recent scholarship on the Cold War ... It can be highly recommended as a text for A-level students and possibly for introductory university courses.' - Journal of Contemporary History

'The book is mainly aimed at A-Level and undergraduate students and as such it is very successful. It is lively, with many telling quotations to illustreate various points. - Seer

'It is evident that Lightbody is up-to-date on the most important recent scholarship on the Cold War ... It can be highly recommended as a text for A-level students and possibly for introductory university courses.' - Journal of Contemporary History