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Historical Dictionary of the Cold War

Historical Dictionary of the Cold War

Smith, Joseph
Davis, Simon

Hardcover

Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest

Dictionaries & EncyclopediasGeneral World HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1442281855
ISBN13: 9781442281851
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Mar 15 2017
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Cold war was a term coined in 1945 by left-leaning British writer George Orwell to predict how powers made unconquerable by having nuclear weapons would conduct future relations. It was popularized in 1947 by American journalist Walter Lippmann amid mounting tensions between the erstwhile World War II Allies - the capitalist democracies - the United States of America and Britain - versus the Soviet Union, a communist dictatorship. As the grand alliance of the Big Three they had defeated Nazi Germany, its satellites and Japan in World War II but became rivals who split the world into an American-led Western bloc and Soviet-led Eastern bloc. Both were secured from direct attack by arraying ever-greater nuclear and conventional forces against the other while seeking global supremacy by other means. The 45-year Cold War lasted until the Soviet Union collapsed between 1989 and 1991.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Cold War contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal weapons systems, and the various political and military strategies. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this crucial period in history.

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