The Cold War - An International History

David S. Painter

Routledge

1999

130 páginas

4h 20m

ISBN-10: 0415153166

The Cold War dominated international relations for 45 years.It shaped the foreign policies of the United States and the Soviet Union and deeply affected their societies. Hardly any part of the world escaped its influence.
David Painter provides a compact and analytical study that examines the origins,the course,and the end of the Cold War. His overview is global in perspective and focuses on the interaction of international rivalries and national politics and policies. In addition to the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that was at the center of the Cold War, he exmines such important issues as:
-changes in the global distribution of power
-the dynamics of arms race
-ideological divisions within and among nations
-the evolution of world economy
-the political and economic transformations of the Third World