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The Cold War: A World History
The Cold War: A World History in Bloomington, MN
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A “big, serious, and thoroughly intelligent” (
New York Review of Books
) history of the Cold War
We think of the Cold War as a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. But in
The Cold War
, award-winning historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the war must be understood as a global confrontation, with roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Stunning in its breadth and revelatory in its perspective,
The Cold War e
xpands our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, and offers a new history of how today’s world was creased.
New York Review of Books
) history of the Cold War
We think of the Cold War as a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. But in
The Cold War
, award-winning historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the war must be understood as a global confrontation, with roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Stunning in its breadth and revelatory in its perspective,
The Cold War e
xpands our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, and offers a new history of how today’s world was creased.
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