The United States and the End of the Cold War: Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations

by John Lewis Gaddis

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The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. "But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind," writes John Gaddis. "It can be a dangerous thing to have achieved one's objectives, because one then has to decide what to do next." In The United States and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195052013

ISBN13:9780195052015

Release Date:June 1992

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

20th Century Classical & Early Drama Government Greek & Roman History Humanities International Relations Literature Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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