McCauley The Cold War 1949–2016

3. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-81819-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

Reihe: Seminar Studies

Covering the development of the Cold War from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, The Cold War 1949–2016 explores the struggle for world domination that took place between the United States and the Soviet Union following the Second World War. The conflict between these two superpowers shaped global history for decades, and this book examines how this conflict developed into a nuclear arms race, spurred much of the wider world towards war and eventually resulted in the collapse of the Soviet empire.

In this accessible yet comprehensive volume, Martin McCauley examines not only the actions of the United States and the Soviet Union but also the effects upon and involvement of other regions such as Africa, Central America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Key themes include the Sino-Soviet relationship and the global ambitions of the newly formed People’s Republic of China, the rise and fall of communism in countries such as Cuba, Angola and Ethiopia, the US defeat in Vietnam, the gradual unravelling of the Soviet Union and the changing shape of the post–Cold War world.

Providing a wide-ranging overview of the main turning points of the conflict and illustrated throughout with photographs and maps, this is essential reading for all students of the Cold War and its lasting global impact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCauley, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

List of maps

Foreword

Glossary

- ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR

The orthodox or traditional

The revisionist

The post- revisionist

- THE COLD WAR

The People’s Republic of China

The Korean War

Eastern Europe

Spies

NSC-68

Germany

Culture

- TO THE BRINK AND BACK 1953-1962

Lost Opportunities

Khrushchev Takes Over

Khrushchev and China

Eisenhower’s New Look

The Geneva Spirit

Poland and Hungary in 1956

The Berlin Crises

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Khrushchev Goes

Culture

- THE US AND THE SOVIET UNION IN THE THIRD WORLD

The Oil Weapon

The Soviets Rediscover the Third World

Bandung and the Non-Aligned Movement

United States’ Interventions in the Third World

Iran

Iran’s Nuclear Programme

Syria

Egypt

Africa

Latin America

- THE SINO-SOVIET SCHISM

The Moscow Conference

Nuclear Weapons

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Conflict on the Ussuri

- CUBA, VIETNAM AND INDONESIA

Vietnam

Indonesia

- THE WAR OF CULTURES

Journalism, Architecture and Sport

Religion

- THE PRAGUE SPRING

- DÉTENTE 1969-1979

The Middle East

Ostpolitik

Disarmament

The Helsinki Accord

Nixon and China

Africa

Ethiopia and Somalia

The End of Détente

Laos

North Korea

The Challenge of Poland



- THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE: IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan

- CAMBODIA-KAMPUCHEA



- POST-DÉTENTE 1979-1985

Secret Wars

Soviet Youth Culture

The Third World

The Iran-Contra Affair

Andropov and Reagan: Missed Opportunities

Oleg Gordievsky

China

The Iran-Iraq War



- GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR

Gorbachev and Bush

Gorbachev and Europe: Our Common Home

The Home Front

Chernobyl

The 19th Party Conference

China

Eastern Europe

Poland

Hungary

The German Democratic Republic

Czechoslovakia

Bulgaria

Albania

Yugoslavia

Vietnam

Gorbachev Faces More Challenges

The Gulf War

Syria

Russia Undermines the Union

The Last Summit

The Attempted Coup

- THE JUDGEMENT

Why Did the Cold War Between the Superpowers Emerge in the Years to 1953?

The Huge Increase in Military Budget

Why Did the Cold War Come to an End?

Domestic reasons

External reasons

Other reasons

There were two main centres

The Chinese Explanation

Near Misses

Graphs

Changing Levels of Tension between the USA and the USSR during the Cold War

Changing Levels of Tension between China and the USSR during the Cold War

Changing Levels of Tension between the USA and China during the Cold War

- THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD

Russia

The Economy

Foreign Policy

Japan

The United States

China

The Crisis in the West

Religion

Women

Overview

BRICS

China in Africa

Chinese Decision Making

The Russian and American Pivot to Asia

The South China Sea

North Korea

Cuba

Addendum

Further Reading

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martin McCauley is a prolific author and broadcaster who has a wealth of experience in Soviet, Russian and international affairs. He was at the University of London for over 30 years, and his recent publications include Origins of the Cold War, 4th edition (2015), Russia, America and the Cold War, 2nd edition (2008), Stalin and Stalinism, 3rd edition (2008) and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (2007).