On every front: the making of the Cold War

by Paterson, Thomas G.

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Title Statements

Full title :On every front : the making of the Cold War / Thomas G. Paterson.

Summary

How and why did the Cold War begin? How and why did it end? What will its end mean for international relations? Opening his new book with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn countries after the Second World War, Thomas G. Paterson follows the long Cold War crisis though to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He examines features of the international system that guaranteed conflict: the great-power quest for order by building spheres of influence; the power, ideology, and strategic-economic needs of the United States and the Soviet Union that compelled activist, global foreign policies; and the personalities of key figures, from Truman to Bush, Stalin to Gorbachev and Yeltsin. In his exploration of the end of the Cold War, the author concludes that the two superpowers sought detente because they had been weakened by the economic costs of the Cold War, challenges from allies, and the diffusion of power in the international system after the rise of the Third World. As historical story and analysis, On Every Front provides a telling account of an era - of the making and unmaking of the Cold War.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1979.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Norton
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1979.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 210 pages ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0393012387, 9780393012385, 0039395014, 9780039395018, 0393950557, 9780393950557, 039395014X, 9780393950144
oclc:ocm04776453
LC Classification:E744
Dewey Decimal:327.73/047

Rubble: the world in 1945 -- Conflict: the postwar international system -- Spheres: the quest for influence, 1944-45 -- Abundance: the "fundamentals" of the United States -- Toughness: the tactics of Truman's diplomacy -- Consent: American public opinion and congress -- Suspiciousness: Soviet foreign policy and its makers -- Bipolarity: the world on 1950 -- Appendix: the events of 1944-50.

Subjects

Außenpolitik Buitenlandse betrekkingen Cold War -- Causes Diplomatic relations EE. UU. -- Relaciones exteriores -- Rus… Entstehung États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … Geschichte 1944 Koude Oorlog Ost-West-Konflikt Politique mondiale -- 1945-1989 Rusia -- Relaciones exteriores -- 1945 … Rusia -- Relaciones exteriores -- EE. UU Sicherheitspolitik Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 19… Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Un… Sowjetunion United States