Bücher der Reihe The Cambridge History of the Cold War

This volume examines the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. It delves into the social and economic histories of the conflict, the roles of intelligence, culture and national identities and discusses the newest findings on US and Soviet foreign policy.

A team of leading scholars examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 to the Soviet collapse in 1991. The authors analyze the factors that ended the conflict and discuss the personalities and policies of key leaders including Brezhnev, Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping.

This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period. A team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical environments of the two world wars and interwar period.