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| Other authors / contributors: | Logevall, Fredrik, 1963- author.
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| ISBN: | 9780674247369
0674247361
9780674247345
0674247345
9780674247352
0674247353
9780674053670
0674053672
9780674035539
0674035534
9780674064065
0674064062
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Summary: | "The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. It ended in victory for the United States, yet it was a costly triumph, claiming trillions of dollars in defense spending and the lives of nearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers. Apocalyptic anti-communism sharply limited the range of acceptable political debate, while American actions overseas led to the death of millions of innocent civilians and destabilized dozens of nations that posed no threat to the United States." "In a new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of America's Cold War. The United States dealt effectively with the threats of Soviet predominance in Europe and of nuclear war in the early years of the conflict. But in engineering this policy, American leaders successfully paved the way for domestic actors and institutions with a vested interest in the struggle's continuation. Long after the USSR had been effectively contained, Washington continued to wage a virulent Cold War that entailed a massive arms buildup, wars in Korea and Vietnam, the support of repressive regimes and counterinsurgencies, and a pronounced militarization of American political culture."--Jacket
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| Other form: | Print version Craig, Campbell, 1964- America's Cold War Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674035539
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