The Cold War: A World History
Autor Odd Arne Westaden Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 sep 2019
The Cold War began on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where every community had to choose sides. Those choices continue to define economies and regimes across the world. Stunning in breadth and revelatory in perspective,The Cold War, by prize-winning scholar Odd Arne Westad, expands our understanding of the conflict both geographically and chronologically, and offers a new understanding of how today's world was created.
"An epic account."
-Wall Street Journal
"An account of the Cold War that is truly global in its scope... a wise and observant history."
-New Republic
"An ambitious study, perspicacious and panoramic in scope."
-Financial Times, Best Books of 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541674097
ISBN-10: 154167409X
Pagini: 720
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 52 mm
Greutate: 0.89 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 154167409X
Pagini: 720
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 52 mm
Greutate: 0.89 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Odd
Arne
Westadis
the
S.
T.
Lee
professor
of
US-Asia
relations
at
Harvard
University
and
author
and
editor
of
eleven
books,
includingThe
Global
Cold
War,
recipient
of
the
Bancroft
Prize,
andRestless
Empire,
recipient
of
the
Asia
Society
book
award.
He
lives
in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Recenzii
"[An]
epic
account...One
reason
Mr.
Westad'snarrative
is
so
strong
is
its
use
of
fresh
archival
sources
from
across
theglobe...How
Big
Was
the
Cold
War?
is
easy
to
answer:
It
was
huge,
as
this
bookdemonstrates,
not
only
because
of
the
perilous
stakes
but
also
because
of
thesize
of
the
two
main
actors.
How
Deep
Was
the
Cold
War?
is
also
easy
to
answer,and
Mr.
Westad
does
that
so
very
well,
showing
how
it
reached
into
so
manyplaces
in
the
world
that
were
a
long
way
from
the
Berlin
Wall."—Wall
Street
Journal
"[A] big, serious, and thoroughly intelligentstud[y] of the cold war."—New York Review of Books
"An account of the Cold War that is trulyglobal in its scope... a wise and observant history... It also arrives at amoment when we must grasp the dynamics of the Cold War if we want to understandsome of today's most urgent developments, from North Korea's acquisition oflong-range nuclear missiles to the rise of socialist movements in Westerndemocracies."—New Republic
"Rich with details drawn from archivalresearch and interviews with politicians, soldiers, scientists and others wholived through the cold war.... Westad, a specialist on China as well as on thecold war, adds a valuable dimension with chapters on Asian countries and LatinAmerica.... [An] ambitious study, perspicacious and panoramic in scope."—Financial Times, Best Books of 2017
"Today, western attempts to contain radicalIslamism continue an us-and-them mentality. Angry Muslims decry the perceiveddepredations of US imperialism and the infidel free market; the threat posed bysuicide bombers makes the old east-west rivalries look almost manageable bycomparison. Westad's huge, single-volume history is the beginning of wisdom inthese things."—Guardian
"[A] riveting historical compendium."—Independent
"A sweeping study.... In astute, thematicchapters, Bancroft Award-winning historian Westad offers an excellent sense ofthe ideological conflicts fulminating since the late 19th century that formedthe crux of the Cold War.... This is an enormous story, and the author tacklesit with admirable clarity and elegance.... A tremendous and timely historylesson for our age."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"The Cold Warevinces a lifetime of research and thought on the subject. Compelling ideas andvaluable insights appear frequently."—National Interest
"In many ways, Westad has long argued, theCold War made the world what it is today. His latest book is an eloquent andenjoyable defense of that proposition."—Foreign Policy
"A clear and well-written summary of a globalconflict... an impressive book."—The Times
"Westad argues that the Cold War made theworld what it is today. Reading this fine history, it's difficult to disagree withhim. This is one of the best histories ever written on the Cold War."—Omnivoracious
"This significant history is told with verveand spirit... An essential book for all collections and one of the best writtenso far on the Cold War."—Library Journal
"[Westad] ably synthesizes contemporaryscholarship to produce an accessible narrative that provides a freshperspective on the conflict's pervasive global influence... an impressive featthat will be appreciated by scholars, students, and general readers."—Publishers Weekly
"Westad balances the grim nature of his studywith sometimes thrilling insights and constantly lively, almost conversationalprose. Even in a book-market glutted with Russia-centered histories, this onestands out."—Open Letters Monthly
"Rather than offering a straightforwardhistorical overview, The Cold War delves much deeper, examining thephilosophies underpinning the conflicting ideologies and the influence thesystems had on their societies and economies. These complex ideas are writtenwith great clarity and confidence, giving readers an exciting prose that onlyoccasionally feels turgid through detail.... The book is a sobering opportunityto allow the recent history to give perspective to our own times and the dangerousideas that persist."—Entertainment Focus
"[A] fast-paced narrative peppered withdelightful snippets from a broad range of sources... this volume should sit onthe bookshelf of every home as a constant reminder of how stupidity, ignoranceand arrogance almost brought the world to annihilation. With thepersonification of all three traits now squatting in the White House, this bookhas real and current value."—South China Morning Post
"Arne Westad has produced a grand narrativeof the Cold War. Defining it as a struggle between capitalism and socialism aswell as a bipolar international system, he brilliantly illustrates itsideological, geopolitical, technological, and economic dimensions. Westad, theworld's foremost scholar of the Cold War, once again dazzles readers with thescope and depth of his analysis."—Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor of American History, University of Virginia
"Thanks to Arne Westad, we can no longerthink of the Cold War as a two-player game. Westad gives us a new history ofthe rivalry between capitalism and communism, tracing its origins back to the1890s and showing that it had a kind of afterlife beyond the 1990s. No one canmatch his ability to illuminate the linkages between the Washington-Moscowrivalry that was the Cold War's fissile core and the multiple "hot"wars that, on the periphery, constituted the Third World's War."—Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution, Stanford, and author ofKissinger, 1923-1968
"Arne Westad provides a powerful analysis ofwhy the Cold War occurred, what it meant, and why it still matters. He isespecially strong in elucidating the ideas of perfection that drove veryimperfect, often brutal, leaders. Westad's book links the Cold War toglobalization, recent wars in the Middle East, and American rivalries withRussia and China. This is a book that everyone interested in politics andforeign policy should read. It is a riveting story, told by one of the foremostworld historians."—Jeremi Suri, author ofThe Impossible Presidency
"For generations, the Cold War was context,the inescapable setting of political life. This history sets the Cold Waritself in context, within the greater landscape of world history, deeplyunderstood, and masterfully presented. It is a powerful synthesis by one of ourgreat historians."—Timothy Snyder, author ofBloodlands
"[A] big, serious, and thoroughly intelligentstud[y] of the cold war."—New York Review of Books
"An account of the Cold War that is trulyglobal in its scope... a wise and observant history... It also arrives at amoment when we must grasp the dynamics of the Cold War if we want to understandsome of today's most urgent developments, from North Korea's acquisition oflong-range nuclear missiles to the rise of socialist movements in Westerndemocracies."—New Republic
"Rich with details drawn from archivalresearch and interviews with politicians, soldiers, scientists and others wholived through the cold war.... Westad, a specialist on China as well as on thecold war, adds a valuable dimension with chapters on Asian countries and LatinAmerica.... [An] ambitious study, perspicacious and panoramic in scope."—Financial Times, Best Books of 2017
"Today, western attempts to contain radicalIslamism continue an us-and-them mentality. Angry Muslims decry the perceiveddepredations of US imperialism and the infidel free market; the threat posed bysuicide bombers makes the old east-west rivalries look almost manageable bycomparison. Westad's huge, single-volume history is the beginning of wisdom inthese things."—Guardian
"[A] riveting historical compendium."—Independent
"A sweeping study.... In astute, thematicchapters, Bancroft Award-winning historian Westad offers an excellent sense ofthe ideological conflicts fulminating since the late 19th century that formedthe crux of the Cold War.... This is an enormous story, and the author tacklesit with admirable clarity and elegance.... A tremendous and timely historylesson for our age."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"The Cold Warevinces a lifetime of research and thought on the subject. Compelling ideas andvaluable insights appear frequently."—National Interest
"In many ways, Westad has long argued, theCold War made the world what it is today. His latest book is an eloquent andenjoyable defense of that proposition."—Foreign Policy
"A clear and well-written summary of a globalconflict... an impressive book."—The Times
"Westad argues that the Cold War made theworld what it is today. Reading this fine history, it's difficult to disagree withhim. This is one of the best histories ever written on the Cold War."—Omnivoracious
"This significant history is told with verveand spirit... An essential book for all collections and one of the best writtenso far on the Cold War."—Library Journal
"[Westad] ably synthesizes contemporaryscholarship to produce an accessible narrative that provides a freshperspective on the conflict's pervasive global influence... an impressive featthat will be appreciated by scholars, students, and general readers."—Publishers Weekly
"Westad balances the grim nature of his studywith sometimes thrilling insights and constantly lively, almost conversationalprose. Even in a book-market glutted with Russia-centered histories, this onestands out."—Open Letters Monthly
"Rather than offering a straightforwardhistorical overview, The Cold War delves much deeper, examining thephilosophies underpinning the conflicting ideologies and the influence thesystems had on their societies and economies. These complex ideas are writtenwith great clarity and confidence, giving readers an exciting prose that onlyoccasionally feels turgid through detail.... The book is a sobering opportunityto allow the recent history to give perspective to our own times and the dangerousideas that persist."—Entertainment Focus
"[A] fast-paced narrative peppered withdelightful snippets from a broad range of sources... this volume should sit onthe bookshelf of every home as a constant reminder of how stupidity, ignoranceand arrogance almost brought the world to annihilation. With thepersonification of all three traits now squatting in the White House, this bookhas real and current value."—South China Morning Post
"Arne Westad has produced a grand narrativeof the Cold War. Defining it as a struggle between capitalism and socialism aswell as a bipolar international system, he brilliantly illustrates itsideological, geopolitical, technological, and economic dimensions. Westad, theworld's foremost scholar of the Cold War, once again dazzles readers with thescope and depth of his analysis."—Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor of American History, University of Virginia
"Thanks to Arne Westad, we can no longerthink of the Cold War as a two-player game. Westad gives us a new history ofthe rivalry between capitalism and communism, tracing its origins back to the1890s and showing that it had a kind of afterlife beyond the 1990s. No one canmatch his ability to illuminate the linkages between the Washington-Moscowrivalry that was the Cold War's fissile core and the multiple "hot"wars that, on the periphery, constituted the Third World's War."—Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution, Stanford, and author ofKissinger, 1923-1968
"Arne Westad provides a powerful analysis ofwhy the Cold War occurred, what it meant, and why it still matters. He isespecially strong in elucidating the ideas of perfection that drove veryimperfect, often brutal, leaders. Westad's book links the Cold War toglobalization, recent wars in the Middle East, and American rivalries withRussia and China. This is a book that everyone interested in politics andforeign policy should read. It is a riveting story, told by one of the foremostworld historians."—Jeremi Suri, author ofThe Impossible Presidency
"For generations, the Cold War was context,the inescapable setting of political life. This history sets the Cold Waritself in context, within the greater landscape of world history, deeplyunderstood, and masterfully presented. It is a powerful synthesis by one of ourgreat historians."—Timothy Snyder, author ofBloodlands