Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide
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Overview
Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide is intended to introduce students to the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States that dominated international affairs in the second half of the 20th century. A comprehensive overview essay, plus separate essays on the causes and consequences of the conflict, will provide readers with the necessary context to understand the many facets of this complex era.
The guide's expert contributors cover all of the influential people and pivotal events of the period, encompassing the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa from political, military, and cultural perspectives. Reference entries offer valuable insight into the leaders and conflicts that defined the Cold War, while other essays promote critical thinking about controversial and significant Cold War topics, including whether Ronald Reagan was responsible for ending the Cold War, the impact of Sputnik on the Cold War, and the significance of the Prague Spring.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781610690034 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 01/16/2012 |
| Pages: | 476 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d) |
About the Author
Roberta Wiener is managing editor of the Jourbanal of Military History.
Table of Contents
Overview of the Cold War ix
Causes of the Cold War xiii
Consequences of the Cold War xxiii
Reference Entries
Acheson, Dean Gooderham (1893-1971) 1
Afghanistan War (1979-1989) 3
Africa 6
Arab Nationalism 12
Bay of Pigs (April 17, 1961) 15
Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948-1949) 16
Berlin Crises (1958-1961) 19
Berlin Wall (August 13, 1961-November 9, 1989) 21
Brandt, Willy (1913-1992) 24
Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982) 27
Central Intelligence Agency 29
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) 31
Civil Defense 34
Committee on the Present Danger 38
Communist Revolutionary Warfare 41
Congo Civil War (1960-1965) 44
Cuba 45
Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) 48
Dominican Republic, U.S. Interventions in 55
Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959) 56
Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) 61
Geneva Conference (1954) 65
Gorbachev, Mikhail (1931-) 66
Greek Civil War (1946-1949) 68
Gromyko, Andrey (1909-1989) 70
Gulags 71
Helsinki Final Act (1975) 75
Hiss, Alger (1904-1996) 76
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) 76
Hoover, John Edgar (1895-1972) 78
Human Rights 79
Hydrogen Bomb 83
Indochina War (1946-1954) 87
Israel 91
Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973) 95
Kennan, George Frost (1904-2005) 99
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) 101
Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971) 104
Kissinger, Henry (1923-) 107
Korean War (1950-1953) 108
Laos 119
Latin America, Popular Liberation Movements in 121
Literature 123
Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) 131
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 132
Marshall Plan 135
McCarthyism 139
Missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic 141
Moscow Meeting, Brezhnev and Nixon (May 22-30, 1972) 144
Mutual Assured Destruction 146
National Security Act (July 26, 1947) 149
National Security Agency 150
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994) 151
Non-Aligned Movement 153
North American Aerospace Defense Command 155
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, History of (1948-1990) 157
NSC-68, National Security Council Report 160
Nuclear Arms Race 161
Nuclear Tests 164
Ostpolitik 169
Partial Test Ban Treaty (August 5, 1963) 173
Peace Movements 174
Perestroika 178
Prague Spring (1968) 178
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty 183
Reagan, Ronald Wilson (1911-2004) 184
Sakharov, Andrei Dimitrievich (1921-1989) 189
Sino-Soviet Split (1956-1966) 190
Solidarity Movement 193
Sputnik (October 4, 1957) 196
Stalin, Josef (1879-1953) 198
Strategic Air Command 201
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and Treaties 203
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks and Treaties 207
Strategic Defense Initiative 209
Tiananmen Square (June 4, 1989) 213
Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980) 215
Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947) 217
U-2 Incident (May 1960) 221
United Nations 222
Vietnam War (1957-1975) 231
Vladivostok Meeting (November 22-24, 1974) 238
Warsaw Pact 239
Washington Summit Meeting, Reagan and Gorbachev (December 7-10, 1987) 242
Yeltsin, Boris (1931-2007) 245
Primary Source Documents
Declaration on Liberated Europe: The Yalta Conference (February 1945) 249
Ho Chi Minh: Telegrams to President Harry S. Truman (September 29, 1945, and February 28, 1946) 250
Winston Churchill: "The Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain Speech) (March 5, 1946) 251
George C. Marshall: Remarks by the Secretary of State (Marshall Plan) (June 5, 1947) 253
North Atlantic Treaty (1949) 256
Harry S. Truman: First U.S. Acknowledgment of Soviet Atomic Bomb Detonation (September 23, 1949) 258
Joseph McCarthy: Speech on Spread of Communism (February 20, 1950) 259
Harry S. Truman: Declaration of a National Emergency (December 16, 1950) 261
Douglas MacArthur: Post-Recall Speech to Congress (April 19, 1951) 262
Korean Armistice Agreement (1953) 268
Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The Row of Dominoes," Presidential Press Conference (April 7, 1954) 271
Warsaw Security Pact (1955) 273
Mao Zedong: "U.S. Imperialism Is a Paper Tiger" (July 14, 1956) 276
Imre Nagy: Final Message to the Hungarian People (1956) 279
Soviet Announcement of Sputnik (October 5, 1957) 279
John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) 281
Vadim Orlov: Account of the B-59 Incident (1962) 284
John F. Kennedy: Commencement Address Announcing Cooperation with Soviets (June 10, 1963) 285
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) 291
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 7, 1964) 293
Chinese Announcement of Nuclear Test (October 16, 1964) 294
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1968) 296
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (May 26, 1972) 299
U.S. War Powers Act (November 7, 1973) 301
Yuri Andropov: Memorandum to Brezhnev on Afghanistan (December 1979) 303
Civil Defense Instructions for Home Fallout Shelters (1980) 305
U.S. Government: Disappearances and Human Rights, Three Document Excerpts (1980-1996) 307
Ronald Reagan: The "Evil Empire" (March 8, 1983) 345
Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall" Speech (June 12, 1987) 348
The Minsk Declarations (Dissolution of the Soviet Union) (December 8, 1991) 353
Competition Spurs Technology 359
Evolving East-West Relations 363
Proxy Wars and Militaiy Aid 367
Ronald Reagan and the Cold War 371
Cold War Chronology 377
Bibliography 393
List of Editors and Contributors 415
Index 419