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| - ''A masterly review of the early phases of the conflict between the United States, Russia, China and their respective allies...it is clear, thorough and judicious; in short, magnificent.'' - The Economist Review
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'A new narrative of the first half of the Cold War up to the Cuban missile crisis...We Know Now
is an important book. It deserves a wide readership.'
' - Taylor Downing, The Observer
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| Description | | - Written by the
pre-eminent authority on the United States and the Cold War.
- The book stands as a powerful vindication of US policy throughout this period, and provides intriguing insights into the character of Joseph Stalin, portrayed as the primary instigator of Cold War tensions.
- Written from a unique vantage point the end of the Cold War, and from a truly international perspective.
- The book utilizes a wealth of new information from previously unavailable Soviet and Chinese sources.
- Endorsement from Lawrence Freedman, Department of War Studies, King's College, London:
- 'John Gaddis has long been the master of Cold War history. He has now taken advantage of recent scholarship and, particularly, the new Soviet and Chinese material which has only recently become available. The result is the fullest and most thoughtful account to date of those critical years.'
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The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective, one reflecting Soviet, East European, and Chinese as well as American and West European viewpoints. In a major departure from his earlier scholarship, John Lewis Gaddis, the pre-eminent American authority on the United States and the Cold War, has written a
comprehensive comparative history of that conflict from its origins through to its most dangerous moment, the Cuban missile crisis.
We Now Know
is packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources; it also reflects the findings of a new generation of Cold War historians. It contains striking new insights into the role of ideology, democracy, economics, alliances,
and nuclear weapons, as well as major reinterpretations of Stalin, Truman, Khrushchev, Mao, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. It suggests solutions to long-standing puzzles: Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why was Germany divided? Who started the Korean War? What did the Americans mean by "massive retaliation"? When did the Sino-Soviet split begin? Why did the U.S.S.R. send missiles to
Cuba? And what made the Cold War last as long as it did?
This is a fresh, thought-provoking and powerfully argued reassessment of the Cold War by one of its most distinguished historians. It will set the agenda for debates on this subject for years to come.
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| Contents |
1.
Dividing the World
2.
Cold War Empires: Europe
3.
Cold War Empires: Asia
4.
Nuclear Weapons and the Early Cold War
5.
The German Question
6.
The Third World
7.
Economics, Ideology, and Alliance Solidarity
8.
Nuclear Weapons and the Escalation of the Cold War
9.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
10.
The New Cold War History: First Impressions
Notes, Bibliography, Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert Lovett Professor of History, Yale University
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