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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 301 pages). |
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Issues in the history of American foreign relations |
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Issues in the history of American foreign relations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold War's conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day. In this concise introduction to the Cold War and its enduring legacy, John Prados recognizes the debate between those who argue the United States was the key player in bringing it to a close and those who maintain that American actions were secondary factors. Like a crime scene investigator meticulously dissecting evidence, he applies a succession of different methods of historical analysis to illuminate the key cataclysmic events of the 1980s and early 1990s from a range of perspectives. He also incorporates evidence from European and Soviet intelligence sources into the study. The result is a stunning narrative that redefines the era, embraces debate, and deconstructs history, providing a coherent explanation for the upheavals that ended the conflict. How the Cold War Ended also provides an in-depth guide to conducting historical inquiries: how to choose a subject, how to frame a narrative, and how to conduct research and draw conclusions. Prados does this for a variety of methods of historical analysis, furnishing a how-to guide for "doing history" even as it explores a crucial case study. - Publisher. |
| Contents |
What happened : accounting for history -- Players, programs, and plots -- Alice in Wonderland : institutions, operators, and political prerogatives -- "The most dangerous decade in human history" : popular movements and global outcomes -- Blue chips, bluegrass and national pride : economics, politics, and culture -- The shadow Cold War -- How the Cold War ended. |
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Print version record. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava.
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld.
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Cold War.
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Cold War -- Historiography.
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Historiography.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
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World politics -- Historiography.
(OCoLC)fst01181390
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Außenpolitik.
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Ost-West-Konflikt.
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Geschichtsschreibung.
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History & Archaeology.
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History -- General.
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1945-1989
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prados, John. How the Cold War ended. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011 9781597971744 (DLC) 2010029048 (OCoLC)428644094 |
| ISBN |
9781597976121 (electronic bk.) |
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1597976121 (electronic bk.) |
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