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Author:
House, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Mallory), 1950- author.
Title:
A military history of the Cold War, 1962-1991 / Jonathan M. House.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xiv, 450 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Military history, Modern--20th century.
Cold War.
Military history, Modern.
1900-1999
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Opposing Forces at Halftime -- Postcolonial Africa, 1960-1988 -- Latin America, 1960-1988 -- The South Asian Rimlands, 1958-1975 -- Second Indochina War: The Problem, 1954-1967 -- Second Indochina War: The Results, 1968-1975 -- Sideshow in the Levant: The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1967-2000 -- Civil Defense and Civil Disorders -- DeĢtente and Neglect, 1969-1979 -- The Year of Disasters, 1979-1980 -- American Renewal -- Schadenfreude for the Soviets -- Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Conflict in the 1980s -- The End.
Summary:
"An integrated survey and analysis of a complex period of semi- and wholesale warfare during the Cold War, which explores the process by which politicians and military officers designed, organized, resourced, and deployed military organizations to deter or conduct conflicts within the context of the global antagonism between East and West."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Campaigns and commanders ; volume 70
ISBN:
0806167084
9780806167084
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1154075604
LCCN:
2020007886
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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