Understanding and Teaching the Cold War

by Matthew Masur

Book Overview

For nearly a half century, from 1945 to 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union maneuvered to achieve global hegemony. Each forged political alliances, doled out foreign aid, mounted cultural campaigns, and launched covert operations. The Cold War also deeply affected the domestic politics, cultures, and economic policies of the two superpowers, their client states, and other nations throughout the world.
Teaching the Cold War is both necessary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299309908
• ISBN13: 9780299309909
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"