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The Fifty Years War : The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991 - Richard Crockatt

The Fifty Years War

The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991

By: Richard Crockatt

Hardcover | 17 November 1994 | Edition Number 1

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For fifty years, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were the deciding factor in international affairs. War against Germany brought them together in 1941 in an alliance that was decisive in securing Germany's defeat. Victory ultimately drove them apart, giving rise to the continuous, if fluctuating, antagonism that was known as the Cold War.
In 1991, following the collapse of communism and the re-drawing of the political map of central Europe, the Soviet Union itself disintegrated and with it the Cold War. Only now is it possible to view these years as a defined period of history.
7L "The Fifty Years War" is an insightful examination of the complex relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, placing it in its global context. Richard Crockatt breaks new ground in seeking a synthesis of historical narrative and analysis of the global structures within which superpower relations developed. Crockett also looks at the role economics played in this relationship as well as political and military factors.
"The Fifty Years War" is an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Cold War years and the relationship that has dominated world politics in the second half of the twentieth century.
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..."both capacious and judicious, sensibly organised and clearly written..."The Fifty Years' War is a work of high professionalism." -"Times Higher Education Supplement "The style is exceptionally clear. This is a book that is accessible to the general reader, and manages to tell a complicated story in an engaging and analytically sophisticated manner. A towering achievement." -Steve Smith, University of Wales "A comprehensive assessment of the Cold War from a global perspective." -"Publishers Weekly "Attempting to explain the biggest low-key slug fest in the modern history of the world, author Richard Crockatt has written a thorough, 400 page analysis of the Cold War. . . He gives a balanced account of differing political theories that justified the battle and the strategies used to fight it. . . serves as a valuable tool in understanding one of the most significant political situations of our time." -"Boston Herald ..."for a road map of the whole political and military terrain of the cold war, the student and general reader can probably do no better than peruse "The Fifty Years War." -"The International History Review

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