Cold War The Essential Reference Guide

Synopsis

The impact of the Cold War is still being felt around the world today. This insightful single-volume reference captures the events and personalities of the era, while also inspiring critical thinking about this still-controversial period.Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide is intended to introduce students to the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States that dominated international affairs in the second half of the 20th century. A comprehensive overview essay, plus separate essays on the causes and consequences of the conflict, will provide readers with the necessary context to understand the many facets of this complex era.The guide's expert contributors cover all of the influential people and pivotal events of the period, encompassing the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa from political, military, and cultural perspectives. Reference entries offer valuable insight into the leaders and conflicts that defined the Cold War, while other essays promote critical thinking about controversial and significant Cold War topics, including whether Ronald Reagan was responsible for ending the Cold War, the impact of Sputnik on the Cold War, and the significance of the Prague Spring.

Book details

Series:

Library Of Modern American History Ser.

Author:

James R. Arnold, Roberta Wiener, Valerie Adams, Dewi I. Ball, Lacie A. Ballinger, Jakub Basista, Robert G. Berschinski, Frank Beyersdorf, Anna Boros-McGee, Christopher John Bright, Colonel George M. Brooke, Barry Carr, Phillip Deery, Bruce J. DeHart, Jérôme Dorvidal, Timothy C. Dowling, Jaroslav Dvorak, Lee W. Eysturlid, Richard M. Filipink, Philipp Gassert, Beatrice De Graaf, Magarditsch Hatschikjan, Kurt Heinrich, James J. Hentz, John C. Horn, Donna R. Jackson, A. Ross Johnson, Brian Madison Jones, Melissa Jordine, Robert S. Kiely, Arne Kislenko, Jonathan H. L’Hommedieu, Jeffrey A. Larsen, Daniel Lewis, Arturo Lopez-Levy, Lorenz M. Lüthi, Jerome V. Martin, James I. Matray, A. Gregory Moore, Caryn E. Neumann, Christian Nuenlist, Vernon L. Pedersen, Allene Phy-Olsen, Paul G. Pierpaoli, Michael Richards, Priscilla Roberts, Bevan Sewell, Colonel Charles G. Simpson, Larry Simpson, Sarah B. Snyder, Daniel E. Spector, David Tal, Aviezer Tucker, Spencer C. Tucker, Josh Ushay, Joseph Robert White, James H. Willbanks, Law Yuk-Fun

ISBN:

9798216062516

Related ISBNs:

9781610690034

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Pages:

612

Reading age:

7-17

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2023-06-03

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2012

Copyright by:

ABC-CLIO, LLC 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction