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The Cold War was a dominant force in global politics for 45 years. In this book, Leffler and Painter present a collection of international articles that offer a new perspective on the origins of the Cold War. The articles cover topics such as geopolitics, technology, ideology, economics, and decolonization, and explore how the Cold War spread beyond Europe to other regions. The second edition includes new research and debates on culture, race, and intelligence analysis, as well as a section on Cold War crises in Iran, Turkey, and Greece.
The Cold War dominated the world political arena for forty-five years. Focusing on the international system and on events in all parts of the globe, Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter have brought together a truly international collection of articles that provide a fresh and comprehensive analysis of the origins of the Cold War. Moving beyond earlier controversies, this edited collection focuses on the interaction between geopolitics and threat perception, technology and strategy, ideology and social reconstruction, national economic reform and patterns of international trade, and decolonization and national liberation. The editors also consider how and why the Cold War spread from Europe to Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and how groups, classes and elites used the Cold War to further their own interests. This second edition includes the newest research from the Communist side of the Cold War and the most recent debates on culture, race and the role of intelligence analysis. Also included is a completely new section dealing with the Cold War crises in Iran, Turkey and Greece and a guide to further reading.
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