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The Cold War : the 45-Year Struggle Against Communism.

After the Second World War, Europe was a disastrous scene. The two victors of the war, America and the USSR, were ideologically and economically opposed. Therefore, an inevitable confrontation occurred between the two world powers, once again sinking the world into a conflict that would affect Europ...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bruxelles : 50Minutes.com, 2016.
Subjects:
Cold War.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9782806276032
2806276039
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Cold War
  • Key information
  • Introduction
  • Context
  • The union of powers
  • The emergence of a new power balance in 1945
  • Rising tensions (1945-1947)
  • Division of Germany
  • Biographies
  • Joseph Stalin, Soviet statesman
  • Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov, Soviet politician
  • Harry S. Truman, American statesman
  • George Frost Kennan, American diplomat
  • The Cold War
  • A conflict that is difficult to understand
  • Ideological confrontation in Europe (1947-1949)
  • The internationalization of the conflict (1950-1955)
  • The establishment of military alliances
  • Peaceful coexistence (1953-1962)
  • The Détente (1964-1975)
  • The "Fresh War" (1979-1983)
  • The end of the war (1985-1988)
  • Impact
  • An all-powerful America?
  • The UN and the take-over of the United States
  • A new economic era
  • The rise of new conflicts
  • Summary
  • Find out more.

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