簡介
This concise historical narrative by a prize-winning Cold War historian covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book analyzes the Cold War as the primary event and framework that dominated American thought and action for half a century.
目錄
Preface. 1. Harry S. Truman and the Creation of a Postwar Order.
2. The Cold War Breaks Loose, 1949-54.
3. The Eisenhower Fifties: Consolidation and Confrontation.
4. The 1960s: The Triumph and Tragedy of American Liberalism.
5. America at Bay: The Enigmatic 1970s.
6. Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War Era.
Notes.
Selective Bibliography.
Index.
