The Cold War And Soviet Insecurity

Author : Vojtech Mastny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190284374

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The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity by Vojtech Mastny Pdf

In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Russia's Road to the Cold War (1979), Vojtech Mastny offers a thorough history of the early years of the Cold War, drawing upon his extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. Just as the earlier volume offered the definitive portrait of Joseph Stalin's foreign policy during World War II, The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity affords readers an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining important new data with the fascinating insights of one of our leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this book illuminates a crucial period in recent world history.

Author : Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674247345

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America’s Cold War by Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall Pdf

“A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union.” —Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy “Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic pressures as external threats. America’s Cold War is history at its provocative best.” —Mark Atwood Lawrence, author of The Vietnam War The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. America prevailed, but only after fifty years of grim international struggle, costly wars in Korea and Vietnam, trillions of dollars in military spending, and decades of nuclear showdowns. Was all of that necessary? In this new edition of their landmark history, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall engage with recent scholarship on the late Cold War, including the Reagan and Bush administrations and the collapse of the Soviet regime, and expand their discussion of the nuclear revolution and origins of the Vietnam War. Yet they maintain their original argument: that America’s response to a very real Soviet threat gave rise to a military and political system in Washington that is addicted to insecurity and the endless pursuit of enemies to destroy. America’s Cold War speaks vividly to debates about forever wars and threat inflation at the center of American politics today.

Author : Campbell Craig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:488699884

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America's Cold War by Campbell Craig Pdf

Author : Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674035539

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America’s Cold War by Campbell Craig,Fredrik Logevall Pdf

The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. It ended in victory for the United States, yet it was a costly triumph, claiming trillions of dollars in defense spending and the lives of nearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers. Apocalyptic anti-communism sharply limited the range of acceptable political debate, while American actions overseas led to the death of millions of innocent civilians and destabilized dozens of nations that posed no threat to the United States. In a brilliant new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of America’s Cold War. The United States dealt effectively with the threats of Soviet predominance in Europe and of nuclear war in the early years of the conflict. But in engineering this policy, American leaders successfully paved the way for domestic actors and institutions with a vested interest in the struggle’s continuation. Long after the U.S.S.R. had been effectively contained, Washington continued to wage a virulent Cold War that entailed a massive arms buildup, wars in Korea and Vietnam, the support of repressive regimes and counterinsurgencies, and a pronounced militarization of American political culture. American foreign policy after 1945 was never simply a response to communist power or a crusade contrived solely by domestic interests. It was always an amalgamation of both. This provocative book lays bare the emergence of a political tradition in Washington that feeds on external dangers, real or imagined, a mindset that inflames U.S. foreign policy to this day.

Author : Reginald Whitaker,Gary Marcuse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002623745

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Cold War Canada by Reginald Whitaker,Gary Marcuse Pdf

The Cold War was initiated in Canada in 1945 by the dramatic defection of Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet cipher clerk. This event marked the start of over four decades of muted conflict between the Soviet Union and the West and became a major element of public life in Canada. This book examines the response of the Canadian government to these events and the systematic repression of communists and the Left, directed at civil servants, scientists, trade unionists, and political activists. These campaigns were undertaken in a secrecy imposed by the government, and supported by the RCMP security services. It also discusses the development of Canada's Cold War policy, the emergence of the new security state, and the deepening political alignment of Canada with the United States.

Author : Vojtech Mastny
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195352115

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The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity by Vojtech Mastny Pdf

In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Russia's Road to the Cold War (1979), Vojtech Mastny offers a thorough history of the early years of the Cold War, drawing upon his extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. Just as the earlier volume offered the definitive portrait of Joseph Stalin's foreign policy during World War II, The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity affords readers an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining important new data with the fascinating insights of one of our leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this book illuminates a crucial period in recent world history.

Author : Vojtech Mastny,Sven S. Holtsmark,Andreas Wenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136011900

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War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War by Vojtech Mastny,Sven S. Holtsmark,Andreas Wenger Pdf

This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective. Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the strategic competition between the superpowers. They present conclusions about the nature of the Soviet threat that could previously only be speculated about and analyze the interaction between military matters and politics in the alliance management on both sides, with implications for the present crisis of the Western alliance. This new book will be of much interest for students of the Cold War, strategic history and international relations history, as well as all military colleges.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Cold War
ISBN : OCLC:488699884

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Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198859543

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The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction by Robert J. McMahon Pdf

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

Author : Reginald Whitaker,Steve Hewitt
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121541945

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Canada and the Cold War by Reginald Whitaker,Steve Hewitt Pdf

Canada and the Cold War is a fascinating historical overview of a key period in Canadian history. The focus is on how Canada and Canadians responded to the Soviet Union -- and to America's demands on its northern neighbour.

Author : Robert Gellately
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307962355

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Stalin's Curse by Robert Gellately Pdf

A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the years in which he seemingly collaborated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the capitalist West. At the Big Three conferences of World War II, Joseph Stalin persuasively played the role of a great world leader, whose primary concerns lay in international strategy and power politics, and not communist ideology. Now, using recently uncovered documents, Robert Gellately conclusively shows that, in fact, the dictator was biding his time, determined to establish Communist regimes across Europe and beyond. His actions during those years—and the poorly calculated responses to them from the West—set in motion what would eventually become the Cold War. Exciting, deeply engaging, and shrewdly perceptive, Stalin’s Curse is an unprecedented revelation of the sinister machinations of Stalin’s Kremlin.

Author : Vojtech Mastny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0231043600

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Russia's Road to the Cold War by Vojtech Mastny Pdf

Studies the events and policies which led the Soviet Union into the Cold War detailing the way in which Stalin conceived and executed the decisions resulting in the partitioning of Europe

Author : Craig Calhoun
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199771202

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Dictionary of the Social Sciences by Craig Calhoun Pdf

Featuring over 1,800 concise definitions of key terms, the Dictionary of the Social Sciences is the most comprehensive, authoritative single-volume work of its kind. With coverage on the vocabularies of anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism, the Dictionary is an integrated, easy-to-use, A-to-Z reference tool. Designed for students and non-specialists, it examines classic and contemporary scholarship including basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, issues, and controversies. As a true dictionary, it also contains concise, jargon-free definitions that explain the rich, sometimes complex language of these increasingly visible fields.

Author : Max Frankel
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345466716

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High Noon in the Cold War by Max Frankel Pdf

An examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis analyzes the roles, objectives, and actions of John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the October 1962 showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Author : Jutta Weldes
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 081663307X

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Cultures of Insecurity by Jutta Weldes Pdf

Genocide in Rwanda, instability in the Middle East, anarchy on the Internet -- insecurities abound. But do they occur "naturally, " or are they, as this pathbreaking volume suggests, cultural and social productions? Bringing together scholars from political science and anthropology, this collection of essays redirects long-standing views on culture as both a source of insecurity and an object of analysis. The authors present studies whose topics range from traditional security concerns, such as the Cuban missile crisis, the Korean War, and he Middle East, to less conventional issues, including the Internet and national security, multiculturalism and regional economy in New Mexico.