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For over forty years much of the world was held captive by a conflict between two wholly incompatible economic ideologies--capitalism and communism--and the two primary superpower countries who practiced them, the United States and the Soviet Union. Written in accessible language for readers with little or no previous knowledge about the subject, this work is first a general history of the Cold War, with an overview of its root causes and the policies and theories that were in place from 1947 through 1990. A thoroughly annotated chronology of important Cold War events follows. Short biographies of some of the major United States political figures and world leaders conclude the work.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
SECTION I: A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE COLD
1. Overview
2. The Pre-Cold War (1945-47)
3. Containment (1947-54)
4. Massive Retaliation, Second Strike, and Flexible Response (1954-69)
5. Mutually Assured Destruction and Détente (1969-79)
6. Winnable Nuclear War, the Evil Empire, and the Collapse of Communism (1980-90)
7. The Aftermath of the Cold War
SECTION II: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLD
8. The Bomb
9. McCarthyism and the Red Scare
10. The Korean War
11. The Second Berlin Crisis
12. The Cuban Missile Crisis
13. The Vietnam War and Protest
14. Covert Operations: The CIA and the FBI
SECTION III: CHRONOLOGIES
An Annotated Chronology of Important Cold War Events
A Chronology of Superpower and Allied Leadership
U.S. Presidential Administrations and Soviet Leadership
Leaders of the Western Allies
Leaders of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China
SECTION IV: PROMINENT COLD WAR FIGURES
Biographies of U.S. Political Figures
Biographies of Superpower Leaders
Selected Bibliography
Index
