The Cold War

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Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. * Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President Nixon s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations * Features six all new counterparts sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War * Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century * Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far

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Ralph B. Levering

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