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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Cold War rose from the ruins of World War Two.
Chapter 3: The US pursued a favorable balance of power in Eurasia, a global sphere of influence, and superior military strength.
Chapter 4: The US aimed to pair its global military power with multilateral economic ties based on free trade.
Chapter 5: The Soviet Union aimed to protect itself by keeping Germany weak and creating a buffer zone in Eastern Europe.
Chapter 6: Disputes over postwar Germany helped spark the Cold War in Europe.
Chapter 7: As communist movements rose up across the region, Southeast Asia became another arena of the Cold War.
Chapter 8: The Cold War was largely waged in and over the so-called Third World.
Chapter 9: The Cold War concluded where it started: Europe.
Description
The Cold War (2003) provides an overview of the conflict that defined the second half of the twentieth century. Beginning in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, it traces the Cold War’s development through the rest of the century, laying out its underlying causes and overall contours.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
- Students of military strategy and foreign relations
- Those who want to understand one of the twentieth century’s defining conflicts