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A Global History of the Cold War, 1945-1991

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  • © 2021

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Authors:
  1. Philip Jenkins

    1. Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, USA

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  • Takes a global approach to explore the Cold War as experienced in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

  • Emphasises the themes of intelligence, technology and religion

  • Draws heavily on examples from popular culture to illustrate social and political trends

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Back Matter

    Pages 255-260
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This textbook provides a dynamic and concise overview of the Cold War. Offering balanced coverage of the whole era, it takes a firmly global approach, showing how at various times the focus of East-West rivalry shifted to new and surprising venues, from Laos to Katanga, from Nicaragua to Angola. Throughout, Jenkins emphasises intelligence, technology and religion, as well as highlighting themes that are relevant to the present day. A rich array of popular culture examples is used to demonstrate how the crisis was understood and perceived by mainstream audiences across the world, and the book includes three ‘snapshot’ chapters, which offer an overview of the state of play at pivotal moments in the conflict – 1946, 1968 and 1980 – in order to illuminate the inter-relationship between apparently discrete situations. This is an essential introduction for students studying Cold War, twentieth century or Global history.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, USA

    Philip Jenkins

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​Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University in the USA.

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