9780521703147-052170314X-The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

ISBN-13: 9780521703147
ISBN-10: 052170314X
Edition: 32711th
Author: Odd Westad
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 498 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521703147
ISBN-10: 052170314X
Edition: 32711th
Author: Odd Westad
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 498 pages

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The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times (ISBN-13: 9780521703147 and ISBN-10: 052170314X), written by authors Odd Westad, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (World History, Political Science, Politics & Government, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.41.

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The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today--especially international politics, economics, and military affairs. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most of today's key international conflicts, including the "war on terror." Odd Arne Westad examines the origins and course of Third World revolutions and the ideologies that drove the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. towards interventionism. He focuses on how these interventions gave rise to resentments and resistance that, in the end, helped to topple one and to seriously challenge the other superpower. In addition, he demonstrates how these worldwide interventions determined the international and domestic framework within which political, social and cultural changes took place in such countries as China, Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua. According to Westad, these changes, plus the ideologies, movements and states that interventionism stirred up, constitute the real legacy of the Cold War. Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2004 he was named head of department and co-director of the new LSE Cold War Studies Centre. Professor Westad is the author, or editor, of ten books on contemporary international history including Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 (2003) and, with Jussi Hanhimaki, The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts (2003). In addition, he is a founding editor of the journal Cold War History.

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