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The Cambridge History of the Cold War

Volume 3. Endings

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Jan-Werner Müller, Giovanni Arrighi, Silvio Pons, Nancy Mitchell, Vladislav M. Zubok, Amin Saikal, Olav Njølstad, Chen Jian, Michael Schaller, John H. Coatsworth, Chris Saunders, Sue Onslow, Archie Brown, Beth A. Fischer, John W. Young, Jacques Lévesque, Helga Haftendorn, Alex Pravda, David Reynolds, Matthew Evangelista, J. R. McNeill, Rosemary Foot, Matthew Connelly, Emily S. Rosenberg, Adam Roberts, G. John Ikenberry
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  • Date Published: February 2012
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107602311

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  • This volume examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 until the Soviet collapse in 1991. Leading scholars analyze the economic, social, cultural, religious, technological, and geopolitical factors that shaped the policies that ended the Cold War, looking at the personalities and policies of Carter and Reagan, Brezhnev and Gorbachev, Thatcher, Kohl, and Deng Xiaoping. They show how events throughout the world shaped the evolution of Soviet-American relations and also explore the legacies of the super-power confrontation in a comparative and trans-national perspective. Penetrating chapters examine how the Cold War affected and was affected by the environment, the global economy, consumer capitalism, human rights and non-governmental organizations. The authors also deal with demographic trends, capital flows, multilateral institutions, and geopolitical configurations. This is international history at its best: emphasizing social, intellectual, economic and geostrategic trends without losing focus on personalities, politics, and human agency.

    • Examines how the end of the Cold War affected and was affected by human rights, public health, capitalism, science and technology, and the global economy
    • Sheds new light on the personalities and policies of leaders around the world such as Carter, Reagan, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, De Gaulle, Thatcher, Kohl and Deng Xiaoping
    • Analyses events from the perspectives of a range of countries and regions including the US, Japan, China, Central America, Southern Africa, Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran and Afghanistan
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    Reviews & endorsements

    "There has never been a Cold War history like it; everything about it is monumental…. In total, the volumes represent a successful interconnected attempt at describing the Cold War in full." -H-Soz-u-Kult

    "Like its two predecessors, the third installment of The Cambridge History of the Cold War (CHCW), is scholar's and instructor's dream for it provides well organized chapters covering major issues in the research of the late Cold War period, all delivered by leading historians in the field.'" -H-Diplo, Dina Fainburg

    "a superb collection" -H-Diplo, Robert English

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    • Date Published: February 2012
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107602311
    • length: 712 pages
    • dimensions: 227 x 152 x 31 mm
    • weight: 1.1kg
    • contains: 42 b/w illus. 3 maps 3 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century Jan-Werner Müller
    2. The world economy and the Cold War, 1970–1990 Giovanni Arrighi
    3. The rise and fall of Eurocommunism Silvio Pons
    4. The Cold War and Jimmy Carter Nancy Mitchell
    5. Soviet foreign policy from détente to Gorbachev, 1975–1985 Vladislav M. Zubok
    6. Islamism, the Iranian revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Amin Saikal
    7. The collapse of superpower détente, 1975–1980 Olav Njølstad
    8. Japan and the Cold War, 1960–1991 Michael Schaller
    9. China and the Cold War after Mao Chen Jian
    10. The Cold War in Central America, 1975–1991 John H. Coatsworth
    11. The Cold War and Southern Africa, 1976–1990 Chris Saunders and Sue Onslow
    12. The Gorbachev revolution and the end of the Cold War Archie Brown
    13. US foreign policy under Reagan and Bush Beth A. Fischer
    14. Western Europe and the end of the Cold War, 1979–1989 John W. Young
    15. The East European revolutions of 1989 Jacques Lévesque
    16. The unification of Germany, 1985–1991 Helga Haftendorn
    17. The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990–1991 Alex Pravda
    18. Science, technology, and the Cold War David Reynolds
    19. Transnational organizations and the Cold War Matthew Evangelista
    20. The biosphere and the Cold War J. R. McNeill
    21. The Cold War and human rights Rosemary Foot
    22. The Cold War in the longue durée: global migration, public health, and population control Matthew Connelly
    23. Consumer capitalism and the end of the Cold War Emily S. Rosenberg
    24. An 'incredibly swift transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War Adam Roberts
    25. The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War G. John Ikenberry.

  • Editors

    Melvyn P. Leffler, University of Virginia
    Melvyn P. Leffler is Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the Department of History, University of Virginia. His previous publications include To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine (2008, as co-editor), For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War (2007, winner of the AHA George Louis Beer Prize) and A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War (1992, winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Robert Ferrell Prize and the Herbert Hoover Book Award).

    Odd Arne Westad, London School of Economics and Political Science
    Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His previous publications include The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times (2005, winner of the Bancroft Prize, the APSA New Political Science Prize and the Akira Ireye Award), Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946–1950 (2003) and Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945–1963 (1999, as editor).

    Contributors

    Jan-Werner Müller, Giovanni Arrighi, Silvio Pons, Nancy Mitchell, Vladislav M. Zubok, Amin Saikal, Olav Njølstad, Chen Jian, Michael Schaller, John H. Coatsworth, Chris Saunders, Sue Onslow, Archie Brown, Beth A. Fischer, John W. Young, Jacques Lévesque, Helga Haftendorn, Alex Pravda, David Reynolds, Matthew Evangelista, J. R. McNeill, Rosemary Foot, Matthew Connelly, Emily S. Rosenberg, Adam Roberts, G. John Ikenberry

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