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Description edit
The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today--especially international politics, economics, and military affairs. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gorbachev: Add a description of this character.
- Mengistu
- Taraki
- Sukarno
- Stalin
- Neto
- Johnson
- Amin
- Ronald Reagan
- Kennedy
- Carter
- Kissinger
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Khrushchev
- Lumumba
- Khomeini
- Lenin
- Andropov
- Puzanov
- Ustinov
- Brzezinski
- Daoud
- Siad Barre
- Vorster
- Nasser
- Boris Ponomarev
- Jonas Savimbi
- Wilson
- Mao Zedong
- Mobutu
- Holden Roberto
- Nkrumah
- Najibullah
- Cabral
- Gromyko
- Marx
- Guevara
- Castro
- Nehru
- Dulles
- Julius Nyerere
- Arbenz
- Daniel Ortega
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Moscow
- Soviet Union
- Afghanistan
- South Africa
- Washington
- Angola
- Indochina
- Latin America
- Ethiopia
- Iran
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Europe
- Southeast Asia
- Kabul
- Indonesia
- Congo
- Russia
- Middle East
- Nicaragua
- Beijing
- Pakistan
- Somalia
- Egypt
- Havana
- India
- Japan
- Teheran
- Kremlin
- Luanda
- Iraq
- Guatemala
- Israel
- Algeria
- Hanoi
- Addis
- Islam
- Britain
- Bandung
- Derg
- Mujahedin
- Portugal
- Germany
- Pretoria
Authors & Contributors edit
- Odd Arne Westad (Author)
Awards edit
- Bancroft Prize (2006)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.82
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
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