ABSTRACT

The decades-long Cold War was more than a bipolar conflict between two Superpowers-it had implications for the entire world. In this accessible, comprehensive retelling, Carole K. Fink provides new insights and perspectives on key events with an emphasis on people, power, and ideas. Cold War goes beyond US-USSR relations to explore the Cold War from an international perspective, including developments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Fink also offers a broader time line of the Cold War than any other text, charting the lead-up to the conflict from the Russian Revolution to World War II and discussing the aftermath of the Cold War up to the present day. The second edition reflects the latest research and scholarship and offers additional information about the post-Cold War period, including the "new Cold War" with Russia. For today's students and history buffs, Cold War is the consummate book on this complex conflict.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|23 pages

Prelude

Soviet Russia and the West, 1917–1941

chapter 2|26 pages

The Grand Alliance, 1941–1945

chapter 3|35 pages

Cold War, 1945–1952

chapter 4|33 pages

The Widening Conflict, 1953–1963

chapter 5|26 pages

The Sixties

chapter 6|24 pages

DÉTENTE, 1969–1975

chapter 7|28 pages

Détente Collapses, 1975–1980

chapter 8|24 pages

The Second Cold War, 1981–1985

chapter 9|29 pages

The End of the Cold War, 1985–1991

chapter 10|32 pages

Aftermath: A New World Disorder

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion

chapter |6 pages

Individuals