For the soul of mankind : The United States, The Soviet Union, and the Cold War / Melvyn P. Leffler
Imprint
New York : Hill and Wang, 2007
Descript
xx, 586p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
I : The origins of the Cold War, 1945-48: Stalin and Truman. -- II : The change for peace, 1953-54: Malenkov and Eisenhower. -- III : Retreat from Armageddon, 1962-65: Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Johnson. -- IV : The erosion of Detente, 1975-80: Brezhnev and Carter. -- V : The end of the Cold War, 1985-90: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush. -- Conclusion.
SUBJECT
World politics -- 1945-1989
Cold War
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union