The Cold War: A New History - Brossura

Gaddis, John Lewis

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ISBN 10: 0143038273 ISBN 13: 9780143038276

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2006

Riassunto

Evaluates the second half of the twentieth century in light of its first fifty years, chronicling how the world transformed from a dark era of international communism and nuclear weapons to a time of political and economic freedom. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

Outstanding ... The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written. (The Boston Globe)

Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject. (The New York Times)

A fresh and admirably concise history . . . Gaddis’s mastery of the material, his fluent style and eye for the telling anecdote make his new work a pleasure. (The Economist)

L'autore:

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History of Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including On Grand Strategy, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 (1972); Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security (1982); The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War (1987); We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (1997); The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past (2002); and Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (2004).

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143038273
• ISBN 13: 9780143038276
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352