The Cold War: A World History

The Cold War: A World History - Paperback

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The Cold War: A World History - Paperback

The Cold War: A World History - Paperback

by Odd Arne Westad
$26.00
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by Odd Arne Westad (Author)

A "big, serious, and thoroughly intelligent" (New York Review of Books) history of the Cold War

We think of the Cold War as a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. But in The Cold War, award-winning historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the war must be understood as a global confrontation, with roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Stunning in its breadth and revelatory in its perspective, The Cold War expands our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, and offers a new history of how today's world was creased.

Author Biography

Odd Arne Westad is the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and author and editor of numerous books, including The Global Cold War, recipient of the Bancroft Prize, and Restless Empire, recipient of the Asia Society book award. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Number of Pages: 720
Dimensions: 2 x 9.1 x 6 IN
Publication Date: October 15, 2019
ISBN9781541674097
Author Odd Arne Westad
PublisherBasic Books
GenreHistory
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2019
LanguageENG- English
Pages720
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Odd Arne Westad is the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. He is a scholar of modern international and global history, with a specialization in the history of eastern Asia since the eighteenth century. Westad is the author of The Global Cold War, which won the Bancroft Prize, and Restless Empire, winner of the Asia Society Book Award. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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