Title: The fifty years war
First published: 1995
Description: For fifty years relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were deciding factors in international affairs. War against Germany brought them together in 1941 in an alliance that was decisive in securing Germany's defeat. Victory ultimately drove them apart, giving rise to the continuous, if fluctuating, antagonism that we know as the Cold war. In 1991, following the collapse of communism and the redrawing of the political map of central Europe, the Soviet Union itself disintegrated and with it the Cold war. Only now is it possible to view these years as a defined period of history. This book is an examination of the US-Soviet relationship within its global context. It breaks new ground in seeking a synthesis of historical narrative and analysis of the global structures within which superpower relations developed. Attention is given to economic as well as political and military factors. This is an authoritative and comprehensive history of the fifty years' war and the relationship that has dominated world politics in the second half of the twentieth century.
Subjects: Foreign relations, Diplomatic history, Cold War, World War, 1939-1945, Nonfiction, Politics, Sociology, Historia contemporanea (politica), Conflitos e coalisoes politicas, Diplomatie, Politica internacional, Guerre froide, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Koude Oorlog, Diplomatic relations, Buitenlandse betrekkingen, Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Politique internationale, United states, foreign relations, soviet union, United states, foreign relations, 1945-1989, United states, foreign relations, 1989-1993, World war, 1939-1945, diplomatic history, Soviet union, foreign relations, united states, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Histoire diplomatique, Relations extérieures, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Government, International, International Relations, General, Internationale betrekkingen
Places: United States, Soviet Union
Time periods: 1989-1993, 1945-1989
LC classification: E183.8.S65 C75 1995