The Cold War E-Book

Ralph B. Levering

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: The American History Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 453

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War.

• Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on  President Nixon’s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan’s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations
• Features six all new "counterparts" sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War
• Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century
• Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

List of Illustrations

Counterparts

Photo Essay: The Cold War at Midpassage, 1957–1973

Preface and Acknowledgments

Prologue: Uneasy Allies, 1941–1945

1 Downward Spiral during the Truman–Stalin Years, 1945–1953

Issues in the Emerging Cold War

Images and Domestic Politics Harm Relations

Containment and Countercontainment, 1947–1949

The Most Dangerous Phase, 1950–1952

Conclusion

2 The Institutionalized Cold War, 1953–1962

The Cold War at Home

A Modest Improvement in East–West Relations, 1953–1955

The Second Dangerous Phase, 1956–1962

Showdown: The Cuban Missile Crisis

Conclusion

3 The Shift toward Relative Détente, 1963–1972

An Improved Atmosphere in 1963

Vietnam at Center Stage, 1964–1968

Toward a New Balance of Power, 1969–1972

Conclusion

4 The Roller-Coaster Years, 1973–1984

Détente Bogs Down, 1973–1976

Carter Rides the Roller Coaster, 1977–1980

Reagan Challenges the Cold War Status Quo, 1981–1984

Seeking Improved US–Soviet Relations, 1983–1984

Conclusion

Epilogue: The Cold War Ends, 1985–1991

Bibliographical Essay

General Works

Prologue (1941–1945) and Chapter 1 (1945–1953)

Chapter 2 (1953–1962)

Chapter Three (1963–1972)

Chapter Four (1973–1984) and Epilogue (1985–1991)

Index

Photo Essay: The Cold War at Midpassage, 1957–1973

End User License Agreement

List of Illustrations

Prologue

Counterpart 0.1 FDR.

Counterpart 0.2 Joseph Stalin.

Chapter 01

Counterpart 1.1 George F. Kennan, 1947.

Counterpart 1.2 Nikolai Novikov.

Map 1.1 Map of Korea.

Chapter 02

Map 2.1 Map of Israel.

Counterpart 2.1 J. William Fulbright, 1968.

Counterpart 2.2 Barry Goldwater.

Chapter 03

Map 3.1 Map of Vietnam.

Counterpart 3.1 Daniel Ellsberg.

Counterpart 3.2 Henry Kissinger.

Chapter 04

Map 4.1 Map of the Horn of Africa.

Map 4.2 Map of Central America.

Counterpart 4.1 Jeane Kirkpatrick.

Counterpart 4.2 Christopher Dodd.

Epilogue

Counterpart 5.1 Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev during the Geneva Summit in Switzerland, 1985.

Counterpart 5.2 Ronald Reagan.

Photo Essay

1 President Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) meets Premier H. S. Suhrawardy of Pakistan (a third-world ally) at the White House in July 1957. LC-U9-915-8.

2 Vice President Richard Nixon (far right) confers with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow in July 1959. LC-U9-2807-31.

3 Crowds line the streets during Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Des Moines, Iowa, in September 1959. LC-U9-3113.

4 Downtown St. George, Utah, a community that frequently received high levels of radiation from nuclear tests in Nevada during the 1950s. LC-U9-907-0-2.

5 Unidentified woman examining the model of a nuclear fallout shelter in September 1961. LC-U9-6743-6.

6 US and Soviet diplomats shake hands after signing the nuclear test ban treaty in Washington in August 1963. LC-U9-10240-23.

7 President John Kennedy (right) confers with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in October 1963. LC-U9-10633-15.

8 North Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh (left) seeks support from China’s Mao Zedong in Beijing in November 1964. LC-U9-12776-4.

9 National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy (left) and General William Westmoreland (center) meet with US forces in South Vietnam in February 1965. LC-U9-13316-17.

10 Soviet long-range missiles are paraded through Red Square in Moscow in May 1965. LC-14204-3.

11 A large demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington in October 1967. LC-U9-18187.

12 President Lyndon Johnson discusses Vietnam policy with Secretary of State Dean Rusk (left) and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (right) in July 1965. LC-U9-14278-8A.

13 J. William Fulbright (left) and Wayne Morse, leading Senate critics of Johnson’s Vietnam policy, confer in May 1966. LC-U9-15887.

14 Reflecting the improvement in Sino-American relations, President Richard Nixon meets Chinese ping-pong players in Washington in April 1972. LC-U9-25779A-10.

15 Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) and Defense Minister Melvin Laird (right) meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (left) at the height of US–Soviet détente in June 1973. LC-U9-27907-14A.

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The Cold War

A Post-Cold War History

Third Edition

Ralph B. Levering

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Levering, Ralph B. The Cold War: a post-Cold War history / Ralph B. Levering. – Third edition.  pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index.

 ISBN 978-1-118-84840-1 (paper)1. United States–Foreign relations–1945–1989. 2. United States–Foreign relations–1989– 3. Cold War. 4. United States–Foreign relations–1933–1945. 5. World politics–1945–1989. I. Title. E840.L435 2016 327.73009′04–dc23

      2015031832

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Cover image: Mikhail Gorbachev (L) and U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a summit meeting November 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo © Dirck Halstead / Getty Images.

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List of Illustrations

Counterparts

Counterpart 0.1 FDR. Photo by Elias Goldensky. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Counterpart 0.2 Joseph Stalin. Source: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Counterpart 1.1 George F. Kennan, 1947. Source: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Counterpart 1.2 Nikolai Novikov. Source: ITAR-TASS/TopFoto.

Counterpart 2.1 J. William Fulbright, 1968. Source: Congressional Portrait Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Counterpart 2.2 Barry Goldwater. Photo by Marion Trisosko. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009632121.

Counterpart 3.1 Daniel Ellsberg. Credit: Susan Wood/Getty Images.

Counterpart 3.2 Henry Kissinger. Photo by David Hume Kennerly. Source: Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library.

Counterpart 4.1 Jeane Kirkpatrick. Source: Damian Strohmeyer/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

Counterpart 4.2 Christopher Dodd. Source: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Counterpart 5.1 Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev during the Geneva Summit in Switzerland, 1985. Source: White House photo office.

Counterpart 5.2 Ronald Reagan. Source: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Photo Essay: The Cold War at Midpassage, 1957–1973

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) meets Premier H. S. Suhrawardy of Pakistan (a third-world ally) at the White House in July 1957. LC-U9-915-8. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Vice President Richard Nixon (far right) confers with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow in July 1959. LC-U9-2807-31. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Crowds line the streets during Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Des Moines, Iowa, in September 1959. LC-U9-3113. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Downtown St. George, Utah, a community that frequently received high levels of radiation from nuclear tests in Nevada during the 1950s. LC-U9-907-0-2. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Unidentified woman examining the model of a nuclear fallout shelter in September 1961. LC-U9-6743-6. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

US and Soviet diplomats shake hands after signing the nuclear test ban treaty in Washington in August 1963. LC-U9-10240-23. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

President John Kennedy (right) confers with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in October 1963. LC-U9-10633-15. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

North Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh (left) seeks support from China’s Mao Zedong in Beijing in November 1964. LC-U9-12776-4. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy (left) and General William Westmoreland (center) meet with US forces in South Vietnam in February 1965. LC-U9-13316-17. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Soviet long-range missiles are paraded through Red Square in Moscow in May 1965. LC-14204-3. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A large demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington in October 1967. LC-U9-18187. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

President Lyndon Johnson discusses Vietnam policy with Secretary of State Dean Rusk (left) and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (right) in July 1965. LC-U9-14278-8A. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

J. William Fulbright (left) and Wayne Morse, leading Senate critics of Johnson’s Vietnam policy, confer in May 1966. LC-U9-15887. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Reflecting the improvement in Sino-American relations, President Richard Nixon meets Chinese ping-pong players in Washington in April 1972. LC-U9-25779A-10. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) and Defense Minister Melvin Laird (right) meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (left) at the height of US–Soviet détente in June 1973. LC-U9-27907-14A. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Why, one may ask, should today’s college-level students be assigned a book on the history of the Cold War and the role of the United States in it?