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THE ATLANTIC AND ITS ENEMIES IBD

NORMAN STONE
PENGUIN
08 / 2011
9780141044637
Inglés

Sinopsis

The Atlantic and its Enemies is Norman StoneâÇÖs personal uncompromising and provocative history of how the West âÇÖwonâÇÖ the Cold War. For decades after the end of the Second World War most of the globe either laboured under Communist rule or else was lost in a violent stagnancy that seemed doomed to permanence. For every Atlantic success there seemed to be a dozen Communist or Third World successes as the USSR and its proxies whether in Berlin Cuba Vietnam or China crushed dissent and humiliated the United States on both military and cultural grounds. Then suddenly the Atlantic won - economically ideologically militarily - with astonishing speed and comprehensiveness. With wit and brio Norman StoneâÇÖs The Atlantic and its Enemies offers a unique perspective on events from Vietnam to glasnost and draws on his own experiences - such as his time in a Slovak prison - to show both the tragedy and the absurdity of the struggle that divided the world for over forty years. âÇÖOpinionated mischievous enthralling ... an exhilarating readâÇÖáá Boyd Tonkin Independent âÇÖLively idiosyncratic rollickingâÇÖáá Geoffrey Wheatcroft Observer âÇÖMasterly ... the one book that anyone who wants to understand the Cold War must readâÇÖáá John Gray New Statesman âÇÖA swashbuckling survey of the cold warâÇÖáá Mark Mazower Financial Times âÇÖ[Stone] has a terrific eye for detail bringing to life everything from the ruins of Germany to Ronald ReaganâÇÖs White House with a wonderfully waspish turn of phraseâÇÖáá Economist Norman Stone is one of BritainâÇÖs most celebrated historians. He is the author of The Eastern Front 1914-1917 Hitler: An Introduction Europe Transformed and World War One: A Short History.