The Cold War: A World History

by Odd Arne Westad

Book Overview

The definitive history of the Cold War and its impact around the world

We tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Bancroft Prize-winning scholar Odd Arne Westad argues that the Cold War must be understood as a global ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154167409X
• ISBN13: 9781541674097
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"