UID:
edocfu_9959739436602883
Format:
1 online resource (487 p.)
ISBN:
0-8078-8759-5
Series Statement:
The new Cold War history
Content:
Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century.Using recently declassified Politburo records, ciphered telegrams, diaries, and taped conversations, among other sources, Zubok explores the origins of the superpowers' confrontation under Stalin, Khrushchev's
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 --
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Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 --
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Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 --
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Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 --
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nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 --
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Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 --
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Brezhnev and the road to detente, 1965-1972 --
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Detente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 --
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old Guard's exit, 1980-1987 --
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Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-3098-4
Language:
English
