Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

Although the Cold War is over, the writing of its history has only just begun. This book presents an analysis of the origins of the Cold War in the decade after

This second edition brings the collection up to date, including the newest research from the Communist side of the Cold War and the most recent debates on cultu

The postwar period is no longer current affairs but is becoming the recent past. As such, it is increasingly attracting the attentions of historians. Whilst the

When Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler’s armies were on the run, and victory was imminent. The Bi