The Cambridge History of the Cold War

Final volume in a definitive new history of the Cold War which will define the field for years to come.

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

9781107602311, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 January 2012

712 pages, 42 b/w illus. 3 maps 3 tables
22.7 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 1.1 kg

'… a superb collection …' Robert English, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews (h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables)

Volume III of The Cambridge History of the Cold War examines the evolution of the conflict from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 until the Soviet collapse in 1991. A team of leading scholars analyzes the economic, social, cultural, religious, technological and geopolitical factors that ended the Cold War and discusses the personalities and policies of key leaders such as Brezhnev, Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher, Kohl and Deng Xiaoping. The authors show how events throughout the world shaped the evolution of Soviet-American relations and they explore the legacies of the superpower confrontation in a comparative and transnational perspective. Individual chapters examine how the Cold War affected and was affected by environmental issues, economic trends, patterns of consumption, human rights and non-governmental organizations. The volume represents the new international history at its best, emphasizing broad social, economic, demographic and strategic developments while keeping politics and human agency in focus.

1. The Cold War and the intellectual history of the late twentieth century Jan-Werner Müller
2. The world economy and the Cold War, 1970–1990 Giovanni Arrighi
3. The rise and fall of Eurocommunism Silvio Pons
4. The Cold War and Jimmy Carter Nancy Mitchell
5. Soviet foreign policy from détente to Gorbachev, 1975–1985 Vladislav M. Zubok
6. Islamism, the Iranian revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Amin Saikal
7. The collapse of superpower détente, 1975–1980 Olav Njølstad
8. Japan and the Cold War, 1960–1991 Michael Schaller
9. China and the Cold War after Mao Chen Jian
10. The Cold War in Central America, 1975–1991 John H. Coatsworth
11. The Cold War and Southern Africa, 1976–1990 Chris Saunders and Sue Onslow
12. The Gorbachev revolution and the end of the Cold War Archie Brown
13. US foreign policy under Reagan and Bush Beth A. Fischer
14. Western Europe and the end of the Cold War, 1979–1989 John W. Young
15. The East European revolutions of 1989 Jacques Lévesque
16. The unification of Germany, 1985–1991 Helga Haftendorn
17. The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990–1991 Alex Pravda
18. Science, technology, and the Cold War David Reynolds
19. Transnational organizations and the Cold War Matthew Evangelista
20. The biosphere and the Cold War J. R. McNeill
21. The Cold War and human rights Rosemary Foot
22. The Cold War in the longue durée: global migration, public health, and population control Matthew Connelly
23. Consumer capitalism and the end of the Cold War Emily S. Rosenberg
24. An 'incredibly swift transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War Adam Roberts
25. The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War G. John Ikenberry.

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]