num_pages: 394
description: Using extensive materials from both published and private sources, this concise text focuses on United States-Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. It explores how the Cold War was shaped by domestic events in both the U.S. and the Soviet Union and presents a variety of other points of view on the conflict--Chinese, Latin American, European, and Vietnamese. The text includes both engaging anecdotes and quotes from primary sources to support key points and exemplify policies, and recent scholarship and materials from openings of the U.S., Soviet, and Chinese archives.
language: English
title: America, Russia and the Cold War 1945-1992
titlecomplete: America, Russia and the Cold War 1945-1992 (America in Crisis)
genres: War, Politics, Political Science, European History, Nonfiction, School, American History, College, Russia, History
ratings_count: 273
publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The