Title: The Atlantic and Its Enemies: A History of the Cold War
Author(s): Norman Stone
Language: English
Published: 25 May 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 9780465020430
Extension: EPUB
Size: 2 MB
Subjects: History, General, United States, Political Science, Europe, Soviet Union, Military, 20th Century, Modern, Cold War, World politics, History; Modern, World politics - 20th century, Civilization; Modern, World, United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1989, History; Modern - 20th century, International Relations, Military history; Modern, Military history; Modern - 20th century, Soviet Union - Foreign relations - 1945-1991, War and society, Civilization; Modern - 20th century, Europe - History - 20th century
Categories: History, Nonfiction
After World War II, the former allies were saddled with a devastated world economy and traumatized populace. Soviet influence spread insidiously from nation to nation, and the Atlantic powers - the Americans, the British, and a small band of allies - were caught flat-footed by the coups, collapsing armies, and civil wars that sprung from all sides. The Cold War had begun in earnest.
In The Atlantic and Its Enemies, prize-winning historian Norman Stone assesses the years between World War II and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. He vividly demonstrates that for every Atlantic success there seemed to be a dozen Communist or Third World triumphs. Then, suddenly and against all odds, the Atlantic won - economically, ideologically, and militarily - with astonishing speed and finality.
An elegant and path-breaking history, The Atlantic and Its Enemies is a monument to the immense suffering and conflict of the twentieth century, and an illuminating exploration of how the Atlantic triumphed over its enemies at last.
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