For the Soul of Mankind by Melvyn P Leffler
To the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policy-makers themselves, the ideological and political conflict that endangered the world for half a century came to an end in 1990. How did that happen? What had caused the cold war in the first place, and why did it last as long as it did? To answer these questions, Melvyn P. Leffler homes in on four crucial episodes when American and Soviet Leaders considered modulating, avoiding, or ending hostilities and asks why they failed. He then illuminates how Reagan, Bush, and, above all, Gorbachev finally extricated themselves from the policies and mind-sets that had imprisoned their predecessors, and were able to reconfigure Soviet-American relations after decades of confrontation.
"* "A highly relevant and much needed historical study.. One of the best books on the period to have been written." - The Economist."
Leffler, Melvyn P.: - Melvyn P. Leffler, Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is the author of A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War, which won the Bancroft Prize, the Farrell Prize, and the Hoover Book Award in 1993.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374531423 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374531420 |
| Title | For the Soul of Mankind |
| Author | Melvyn P Leffler |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Year published | 2008-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
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