The Columbia Guide to the Cold War / / Michael Kort.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kort, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (420 p.)

The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history, and the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abrupt cessation, we have only begun to measure the effects of the Cold War on American, Soviet, post-Soviet, and international military strategy, economics, domestic policy, and popular culture. The Columbia Guide to the Cold War is the first in a series of guides to American history and culture that will offer a wealth of interpretive information in different formats to students, scholars, and general readers alike. This reference contains narrative essays on key events and issues, and also features an A-to-Z encyclopedia, a concise chronology, and an annotated resource section listing books, articles, films, novels, web sites, and CD-ROMs on Cold War themes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Narrative Overview -- 1. The Cold War and Its Historians -- 2. The Cold War Begins: 1945-1953 -- 3. From the Thaw to the Brink: 1953-1962 -- 4. Vietnam and Détente: 1962-1975 -- 5. The New Cold War: 1976-1984 -- 6. The End of the Cold War: 1985-1990 -- NOTES -- II. The Cold War A to Z -- III. Concise Chronology -- IV. Resources -- Introduction: Looking for Resources -- Section I. Topics -- Section II. Memoirs and Biographies -- Section III. Bibliographies, Reference Works, and Primary-Source Collections -- Section IV. Journals, Projects/Archives, and Presidential Libraries -- Section V. Electronic Resources -- Section VI. Films and Novels -- Appendix: The Costs of the Cold War -- INDEX -- Backmatter