The Cambridge History of the Cold War

Leading scholars discuss the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s.

Melvyn P. Leffler (Edited by), Odd Arne Westad (Edited by)

9781107602304, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 January 2012

680 pages, 39 b/w illus. 5 maps
22.7 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 1.05 kg

'… a sophisticated and lucid history of the Cold War during its second phase…' Sandra Scanlon, H-Diplo

Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the developments that made the Cold War a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. A team of leading scholars explains how the Cold War seemed to stabilize after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and how this sense of increased stability evolved into the détente era of the early 1970s. The authors outline how conflicts in the Third World, as well as the interests and ideologies of the superpowers, eroded the détente process. They delve into the social and economic roots of the conflict, illuminate processes of integration and disintegration, analyze the arms race and explore the roles of intelligence, culture and national identities. Discussing the newest findings on US and Soviet foreign policy and examining crises inside and outside of Europe, this authoritative volume will define Cold War studies for years to come.

1. Grand strategies in the Cold War John Lewis Gaddis
2. Identity and the Cold War Robert Jervis
3. Economic aspects of the Cold War, 1962–1975 Richard N. Cooper
4. The Cuban Missile Crisis James G. Hershberg
5. Nuclear competition in an era of stalemate, 1963–1975 William Burr and David Alan Rosenberg
6. US foreign policy from Kennedy to Johnson Frank Costigliola
7. Soviet foreign policy, 1962–1975 Svetlana Savranskaya and William Taubman
8. France, 'Gaullism', and the Cold War Frédéric Bozo
9. European integration and the Cold War N. Piers Ludlow
10. Détente in Europe, 1962–1975 Jussi M. Hanhimäki
11. Eastern Europe: Stalinism to solidarity Anthony Kemp-Welch
12. The Cold War and the transformation of the Mediterranean, 1960–1975 Ennio Di Nolfo
13. The Cold War in the Third World, 1963–1975 Michael E. Latham
14. The Indochina Wars and the Cold War, 1945–1975 Fredrik Logevall
15. The Cold War in the Middle East: Suez crisis to Camp David Accords Douglas Little
16. Cuba and the Cold War, 1959–1980 Piero Gleijeses
17. The Sino-Soviet split Sergey Radchenko
18. Détente in the Nixon-Ford years, 1969–1976 Robert D. Schulzinger
19. Nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation during the Cold War Francis J. Gavin
20. Intelligence in the Cold War Christopher Andrew
21. Reading, viewing and tuning in to the Cold War Nicholas J. Cull
22. Counter-cultures: the rebellions against the Cold War order, 1965–1975 Jeremi Suri
23. The structure of great power politics, 1963–1975 Marc Trachtenberg
24. The Cold War and the social and economic history of the twentieth century Wilfried Loth.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], The Cold War [HBTW], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK], General & world history [HBG]