| Description |
xiii, 654 pages ; 25 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-628) and index. |
| Summary |
Traces the battles in Asia, Africa, and Latin America between the U.S. and the Soviets from the end of WWI to the 1980s. |
| Contents |
1. Wilson, Lenin, and the Colonial Question -- 2. Emerging Powers -- 3. Khrushchev and Eisenhower -- 4. Khrushchev and Kennedy -- 5. Vietnam and Its Strategic Consequences -- 6. Leonid Brezhnev -- 7. The Vacuum of Power: Angola, 1975 -- 8. Cambodia After 1975: From War to War -- 9. The Soviet Quagmire in Afghanistan -- 10. Central America to 1985 -- 11. The Reagan Doctrine: A Memoir -- 12. The Gorbachev Revolution -- 13. Beginning of the End: Afghanistan -- 14. Out of Angola -- 15. End of the Central America Crisis -- 16. Cambodia: The Deadly Game of Peace -- 17. The Cold War in the Middle East -- 18. America and the Post-Cold War World. |
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Developing countries -- Politics and government.
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Cold War.
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
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| ISBN |
0684194279 |
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9780684194271 |
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