The Cold War 1945-91 2nd Edition

Michael Dockrill's concise study of the early years of the Cold War between the Western Powers and Soviet Union has been widely acclaimed as an authoritative guide to the subject. In this second edition, he and Michael Hopkins bring the story up to the events of 1991, and also expand coverage of key topics.

Michael Dockrill is with the Department of War Studies, King's College, London. Michael F. Hopkins is with Liverpool Hope University College.

List of Abbreviations

x

Editors' Preface

xi

Preface

xii

Introduction

1

(7)

1 Origins, 1917-1945

8

(24)

1917-1941

8

(3)

Soviet—American Relations during the Second World War, 1941-1945

11

(6)

The Yalta Conference

17

(4)

President Harry Truman and the Soviet Union

21

(4)

The Potsdam Conference and After, July—December 1945

25

(5)

Conclusion

30

(2)

2 The Cold War Emerges, 1946-1952

32

(24)

Developments in 1946

32

(5)

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

37

(4)

The Berlin Blockade and the Formation of NATO, 1948-1949

41

(3)

Cold War Developments in 1949

44

(4)

The Korean War, 1950-1953

48

(3)

The Recovery of West Germany

51

(1)

Conclusion

52

(4)

3 Global Stakes, 1953-1961

56

(20)

Eisenhower Becomes President, 1953

56

(3)

The New Look' Defence Policy

59

(1)

Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference, 1954

60

(2)

Covert Operations: Iran, 1953, Guatemala, 1954

62

(1)

The Advent of Khrushchev

63

(3)

The Suez Crisis 1956

66

(2)

The Hungarian Uprising, 1956

68

(1)

The Missile Gap

69

(1)

The Berlin Crisis and the Geneva Conference, 1958-1960

70

(3)

Conclusion

73

(3)

4 From Crisis to Détente, 1961-1968

76

(26)

Kennedy Becomes President

76

(2)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

78

(1)

The Vienna Meeting, June 1961

79

(1)

Vietnam

79

(2)

The Cold War Comes to Africa

81

(2)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

83

(3)

US-Soviet Relations After the Cuban Missile Crisis

86

(2)

New Leaders: Lyndon Johnson, Brezhnev and Kosygin

88

(1)

De Gaulle

89

(3)

West Germany and European Detente

92

(1)

The Sino-Soviet Split

93

(1)

Vietnam, 1965-1968

94

(5)

Exploring Détente

99

(2)

Conclusion

101

(1)

5 The Cold War Declines, 1969-1976

102

(21)

Nixon and Kissinger

102

(2)

Ostpolitik

104

(2)

Ending the Vietnam War, 1969-1973

106

(4)

China

110

(2)

Soviet Union and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

112

(1)

Chile, 1973

113

(2)

Yom Kippur

115

(1)

Watergate

116

(1)

President Ford

117

(1)

The Defeat of South Vietnam

118

(1)

Angola, 1974-1976

119

(1)

Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

120

(1)

The Decline of Détente

120

(2)

Conclusion

122

(1)

6 The Demise of Détente and the New Cold War, 1977-1985

123

(20)

Jimmy Carter

123

(2)

Successful Negotiations: Panama and the Middle East

125

(2)

The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia, 1977-1978

127

(2)

China

129

(1)

US-Soviet Relations and SALT II

130

(2)

Iran: The Fall of the Shah; American Hostages

132

(1)

Afghanistan

133

(2)

Ronald Reagan and the 'Evil Empire'

135

(1)

Tensions, 1981-1983

136

(4)

Thaw, 1983-1985

140

(2)

Conclusion

142

(1)

7 Renewed Détente and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991

143

(20)

Gorbachev

143

(4)

Summits

147

(5)

1989

152

(4)

German Reunification

156

(2)

Collapse of the Soviet Union

158

(2)

Conclusion: Why the Cold War Ended

160

(3)

Conclusion

163

(7)

Bibliography

170

(9)

Index

179

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