The Cold War

A Post-Cold War History. Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War.

• Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on  President Nixon�s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan�s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations
• Features six all new �counterparts� sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War
• Argues that  the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21^st century
• Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far