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The Cold War: A World History
Written by Odd Arne Westad
Narrated by Julian Elfer
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In The Cold War, Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when a superpower rivalry and an ideological war transformed every corner of our globe. We traditionally think of the Cold War as a post-World War II diplomatic and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Westad argues that the conflict must be understood as a global ideological confrontation with roots in the industrial revolution and with continuing implications for the world today. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe but it had its largest impacts in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Expanding our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, Westad offers the definitive new history of an ongoing battle.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Starting before WWII, Westad tracks how the US and the USSR’s self-understanding as great powers locked in mortal combat affected their external relations across the globe, and how other nations, whether they agreed or disagreed with this characterization, had to deal with it one way or another. I probably learned most about the PRC and how it positioned itself as the smarter younger sibling of the USSR.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cold War: A Global History by Odd Arne WestadThis is a very good book. The author traces the beginning of the Cold War to the turn of the twentieth century and World War I. One of the origins of the multi-decade conflict “was the sharpening of the ideological divide between capitalism and its critics.” This and the United States and the Soviet Union becoming majors players on the world stage created the circumstances for what followed for the rest of the twentieth century.Westad highlights the major events from the formation of socialist states in Eastern Europe through the decolonization of Africa and Asia and the breakup of the Soviet Union. A 600+ plus page book is not a weekend read, but it is well worth the effort. While this book provides a good overview of events, it also whets the appetite for further study. The Cold War by Odd Arne Westad would be a great text for a course on the Cold War.