The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History
An examination of the Cold War from the creation and structure of the postwar settlement to the eventual coming apart of the post war order in the 1980s and early 1990s.

James Cronin explores the creation and structure of the postwar settlement and the eventual coming apart of the postwar order in the 1980s and early 1990s. Cronin argues that the current state of the world must be understood against the backdrop of the postwar order that until recently governed, prevented or distorted political and economic change.
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The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History
An examination of the Cold War from the creation and structure of the postwar settlement to the eventual coming apart of the post war order in the 1980s and early 1990s.

James Cronin explores the creation and structure of the postwar settlement and the eventual coming apart of the postwar order in the 1980s and early 1990s. Cronin argues that the current state of the world must be understood against the backdrop of the postwar order that until recently governed, prevented or distorted political and economic change.
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The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History

The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History

by James E. Cronin
The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History

The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos and the Return of History

by James E. Cronin

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An examination of the Cold War from the creation and structure of the postwar settlement to the eventual coming apart of the post war order in the 1980s and early 1990s.

James Cronin explores the creation and structure of the postwar settlement and the eventual coming apart of the postwar order in the 1980s and early 1990s. Cronin argues that the current state of the world must be understood against the backdrop of the postwar order that until recently governed, prevented or distorted political and economic change.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415908214
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/23/1996
Series: Development
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 346
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction, 1. The Legacy of Depression and War, 2. Nations, Boundaries and Cold War Realities, 3. American Power, American Dreams, 4. Economic Miracles, East and West, 5. The Cold War and the "Socialist Project", 6. Liberalism Eclipsed: Politics and Economics in the Advanced Industrial Nations, 1968-1989, 7. Communisim's Endings, 8. The World after the Cold War, Notes, Index
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