The Making of the Second Cold War Halliday Fred
The Making of the Second Cold War Halliday Fred We are living through the Second Cold War, yet what is it? Fred Halliday presents a clearly written anatomy of these international tensions. Millions…
Specifikacia The Making of the Second Cold War Halliday Fred
The Making of the Second Cold War Halliday Fred
We are living through the Second Cold War, yet what is it? Fred Halliday presents a clearly written anatomy of these international tensions. Millions in East and West now fear a nuclear conflict, yet confrontation and panic continue to obscure understanding of the processes that might trigger a hot war.
He then explains the five main elements of the conflict: the relative decline in US nuclear strategic superiority since the 1960s; the new wave of Third World revolutions; the political stalemate of the post-capitalist states; the rise of the New Right in the USA; and the sharpened contradictions between the Western countries themselves. He identifies the chief cause of cold war as the globalized contest between the USA and USSR and the arms race in which these states are engaged. "The Making of the Second Cold War"provides a careful, integrated political history of international