The Cold War through Documents
A Global History
4th Edition
Published on 6. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
398 pages
978-1-5381-9568-0 (ISBN)
Description
This text is a comprehensive collection of more than 100 carefully edited documents (speeches, treaties, statements, and articles), making the great events of the era come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved. Coverage traces the Cold War from its roots in East-West tensions before and during World War II through its origins in the immediate postwar era, up to and including the collapse of the Soviet Union during 1989-1991.
Reviews / Votes
This volume offers well-chosen primary sources from a wide range of Cold War arenas. The documents are compact, balanced, and ideal for stimulating student discussion in college-level courses. The new fourth edition expands the thematic range to include home fronts, the space race, the peace movement, South African apartheid, Soviet dissidents, and the post-Cold-War expansion of NATO. Simply the most comprehensive one-volume collection of Cold War primary sources available. -- Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania I have assigned The Cold War Through Documents through each successive edition for its excellent concentration on political dimensions of the Cold War through treaty texts, governmental or party declarations, newspaper and journal articles, and addresses delivered by key political figures. When paired with a text that provides essential narratives and supplemented by cultural historical readings, this collection is an essential tool for introducing the subject with sufficient depth and appropriately global focus. The editors have chosen all the documents with great care: there is no superfluous material in this book. For instructors and students alike, the discussion questions are not only insightful for use in the class, but they also highlight the most important issues in each document. It would also make a wonderful text for courses on Modern European or Global History, political science, as well as military history. -- Matthew P. Berg, John Carroll University The fourth edition greatly improves an already outstanding book with a wealth of new materials that include documents relating to the beginning of the nuclear age, sputnik and the space race, apartheid in South Africa, President Kennedy's civil defense initiatives, Soviet dissidents, controversies involving NATO's expansion at the end of the Cold War, and the reunification of Germany -- Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa The greatest strength of this text is the wide range of sources it draws on, not just from the US, USSR, or even China, but also through Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe. This approach allows students to see, analyze, and understand the ways the Cold War was less a "chessboard" between the US and USSR in the ways all too many textbooks portray it, and instead a very complicated web of national, regional, and global struggles between countries with differing visions of development, modernity, and society. -- Colin Snider, The University of Texas at TylerMore details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student, Interest Age: From 18 to 22 years
Illustrations
1 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-9568-0 (9781538195680)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edward H. Judge is professor of history and John W. Langdon is professor emeritus of history at Le Moyne College. Their books include Connections: A World History and A Hard and Bitter Peace: A Global History of the Cold War.
Content
Contents
Part I: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950
1 The Yalta Conference, February 1945
2 The Potsdam Conference, July-August 1945
3 The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945
4 Ho Chi Minh's Declaration of Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945
5 Stalin's Election Speech, February 1946
6 Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946
7 The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic Weapons, 1946
8 The Truman Doctrine, 1947
9 The Marshall Plan, 1947
10 George F. Kennan, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," 1947
11 The Rio Treaty, 1947
12 Zhdanov and the Cominform on the Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist Camps, 1947
13 The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948
14 The Treaty of Brussels, 1948
15 The Expulsion of Tito from the Communist Bloc, 1948
16 The Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
17 The NATO Alliance, 1949
18 Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China, 1949
19 Mao Proclaims the People's Republic of China, 1 October 1949
20 The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, February 1950
Part II: The Global Confrontation, 1950-1960
21 McCarthy on "Communists" in the US Government, 1950
22 Acheson on the American Defense Perimeter in Asia, 1950
23 NSC-68: American Cold War Strategy, 1950
24 Surviving an Atomic Attack, 1950-1951
25 The Korean War, 1950-1953
26 Dulles on "Massive Retaliation," 1954
27 The Geneva Accords Regarding Indochina, 1954
28 The SEATO Alliance, 1954
29 The Bandung Asian-African Conference, 1955
30 The Warsaw Pact, 1955
31 Appeals for World Peace, 1955-1963
32 Khrushchev's Secret Speech on Stalin and His Crimes, 1956
33 The Hungarian Rebellion, 1956
34 The Suez Crisis, 1956
35 The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957
36 Europe's Common Market: The Treaty of Rome, 1957
37 Sputnik and the Space Race, 1957-1969
38 China's "Great Leap Forward," 1958-1960
39 Apartheid, South Africa, and the Cold War, 1960-1964
40 The U-2 Affair and Collapse of the Paris Summit, May 1960
41 The Congo Crisis, 1960
42 Castro on the Cuban Revolution, 1960
Part III: Crisis and Conflict, 1961-1969
43 Khrushchev on "Wars of National Liberation," January, 1961
44 Kwame Nkrumah on the Need for African Unity, 1961
45 Eisenhower's Farewell Address on the Military-Industrial Complex, 17 January 1961
46 Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961
47 Kennedy's Civil Defense Initiatives, 1961
48 The Berlin Crisis, 1961
49 The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
50 Kennedy's Berlin Speech, June 1963: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
51 The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, August 1963
52 The Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1964
53 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
54 Lin Biao, "Long Live the Victory of People's War," 1965
55 Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, 1965-1968
56 China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969
57 Soviet Dissidents and the Cold War, 1966-1978
58 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, July 1968
59 The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968
60 The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968
61 The Soviet-Chinese Border Conflict, 1969
62 The Nixon Doctrine, 1969
Part IV. The Era of Detente, 1969-1979
63 Salvador Allende's Freely Elected Marxist Government in Chile, 1970-1973
64 The Berlin Accords, September 1971
65 Nixon's China Visit: The Shanghai Communique, February 1972
66 The ABM Treaty and SALT I, 1972
67 The US Withdrawal from Vietnam, January 1973
68 The October War in the Middle East, 1973
69 Deng Xiaoping's "Three Worlds" Speech, April 1974 70 The Vladivostok Summit, 1974
71 The Helsinki Final Act, 1975
72 The Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979
73 Carter on Human Rights, 1977
74 Peace between Egypt and Israel, 1977-1979
75 The Normalization of US-Chinese Relations, 1978-1979
76 The SALT II Agreement, 1979
Part V: The Renewal of the Cold War, 1979-1985
77 The Creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, 1979
78 The Euromissile Controversy, 1979
79 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979
80 The Carter Doctrine, January 1980
81 Reagan's Anti-Soviet Rhetoric, 1981-1983
82 Reagan's Arms Control Proposals, November 1981
83 The Polish Imposition of Martial Law, December 1981
84 Andropov's Peace Offensive, 1982
85 Reagan's "Star Wars" Speech, 1983
86 Calls to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race, 1983
87 The KAL 007 Incident, 1983
Part VI: The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991
88 The Geneva Summit, 1985
89 The Reykjavik Summit, 1986
90 Reagan's 1987 Berlin Speech: "Tear Down This Wall"
91 The INF Treaty, December 1987
92 The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988-1989
93 Gorbachev's UN Address, December 1988
94 The Tienanmen Square Massacre, June 1989
95 The Opening of the Berlin Wall, November 1989
96 NATO Non-Enlargement Assurances, February-May 1990
97 NATO's London Declaration on the End of the Cold War, July 1990
98 The Unification of Germany, July-October 1990
99 The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), July 1991
100 The Attempted Coup in the USSR, August 1991
101 Gorbachev's Resignation Speech, December 1991
Part I: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950
1 The Yalta Conference, February 1945
2 The Potsdam Conference, July-August 1945
3 The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945
4 Ho Chi Minh's Declaration of Independence for Vietnam, 2 September 1945
5 Stalin's Election Speech, February 1946
6 Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946
7 The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic Weapons, 1946
8 The Truman Doctrine, 1947
9 The Marshall Plan, 1947
10 George F. Kennan, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," 1947
11 The Rio Treaty, 1947
12 Zhdanov and the Cominform on the Imperialist and Anti-Imperialist Camps, 1947
13 The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948
14 The Treaty of Brussels, 1948
15 The Expulsion of Tito from the Communist Bloc, 1948
16 The Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
17 The NATO Alliance, 1949
18 Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China, 1949
19 Mao Proclaims the People's Republic of China, 1 October 1949
20 The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, February 1950
Part II: The Global Confrontation, 1950-1960
21 McCarthy on "Communists" in the US Government, 1950
22 Acheson on the American Defense Perimeter in Asia, 1950
23 NSC-68: American Cold War Strategy, 1950
24 Surviving an Atomic Attack, 1950-1951
25 The Korean War, 1950-1953
26 Dulles on "Massive Retaliation," 1954
27 The Geneva Accords Regarding Indochina, 1954
28 The SEATO Alliance, 1954
29 The Bandung Asian-African Conference, 1955
30 The Warsaw Pact, 1955
31 Appeals for World Peace, 1955-1963
32 Khrushchev's Secret Speech on Stalin and His Crimes, 1956
33 The Hungarian Rebellion, 1956
34 The Suez Crisis, 1956
35 The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957
36 Europe's Common Market: The Treaty of Rome, 1957
37 Sputnik and the Space Race, 1957-1969
38 China's "Great Leap Forward," 1958-1960
39 Apartheid, South Africa, and the Cold War, 1960-1964
40 The U-2 Affair and Collapse of the Paris Summit, May 1960
41 The Congo Crisis, 1960
42 Castro on the Cuban Revolution, 1960
Part III: Crisis and Conflict, 1961-1969
43 Khrushchev on "Wars of National Liberation," January, 1961
44 Kwame Nkrumah on the Need for African Unity, 1961
45 Eisenhower's Farewell Address on the Military-Industrial Complex, 17 January 1961
46 Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961
47 Kennedy's Civil Defense Initiatives, 1961
48 The Berlin Crisis, 1961
49 The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
50 Kennedy's Berlin Speech, June 1963: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
51 The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, August 1963
52 The Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1964
53 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
54 Lin Biao, "Long Live the Victory of People's War," 1965
55 Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, 1965-1968
56 China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969
57 Soviet Dissidents and the Cold War, 1966-1978
58 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, July 1968
59 The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968
60 The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968
61 The Soviet-Chinese Border Conflict, 1969
62 The Nixon Doctrine, 1969
Part IV. The Era of Detente, 1969-1979
63 Salvador Allende's Freely Elected Marxist Government in Chile, 1970-1973
64 The Berlin Accords, September 1971
65 Nixon's China Visit: The Shanghai Communique, February 1972
66 The ABM Treaty and SALT I, 1972
67 The US Withdrawal from Vietnam, January 1973
68 The October War in the Middle East, 1973
69 Deng Xiaoping's "Three Worlds" Speech, April 1974 70 The Vladivostok Summit, 1974
71 The Helsinki Final Act, 1975
72 The Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979
73 Carter on Human Rights, 1977
74 Peace between Egypt and Israel, 1977-1979
75 The Normalization of US-Chinese Relations, 1978-1979
76 The SALT II Agreement, 1979
Part V: The Renewal of the Cold War, 1979-1985
77 The Creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, 1979
78 The Euromissile Controversy, 1979
79 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979
80 The Carter Doctrine, January 1980
81 Reagan's Anti-Soviet Rhetoric, 1981-1983
82 Reagan's Arms Control Proposals, November 1981
83 The Polish Imposition of Martial Law, December 1981
84 Andropov's Peace Offensive, 1982
85 Reagan's "Star Wars" Speech, 1983
86 Calls to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race, 1983
87 The KAL 007 Incident, 1983
Part VI: The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991
88 The Geneva Summit, 1985
89 The Reykjavik Summit, 1986
90 Reagan's 1987 Berlin Speech: "Tear Down This Wall"
91 The INF Treaty, December 1987
92 The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988-1989
93 Gorbachev's UN Address, December 1988
94 The Tienanmen Square Massacre, June 1989
95 The Opening of the Berlin Wall, November 1989
96 NATO Non-Enlargement Assurances, February-May 1990
97 NATO's London Declaration on the End of the Cold War, July 1990
98 The Unification of Germany, July-October 1990
99 The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), July 1991
100 The Attempted Coup in the USSR, August 1991
101 Gorbachev's Resignation Speech, December 1991