The Superpowers: A Short History

by Paul Dukes

Overview

The Superpowers traces the development of the USA and Russia (later USSR) from 1898 through to 2000, placing the Cold War, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context. This is the first history of the two major participants and their relationship throughout the twentieth century.
The Superpowers: explores the intertwining history of the two powers chronologically and includes discussion of:
* the inheritance of the two great powers and their imperial background
* World War One and the Russian Revolution
* Capitalism and Socialism
* World War Two and its impact
* the conflicts in Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam and Afghanistan
* Perestroika and the end of the USSR
* the significance of the events of 1991 and their legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415230421
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2000
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Inheritance: nations and empires, before 1898 2. Conception: the First World War and revolution, 1898-1921 3. Gestation: new world orders and the Second World War, 1921-45 4.Youth: Cold War and decolonisation, 1945-68 5. Maturity: Cold War and the Third World, 1968-91 6. The legacy: death or rebirth? 1991-

Editorial Reviews

The intertwining history of the US and Russia in its tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet phases from the pre-20th century world of imperial powers to the present provide the cultural, economic, and political context into which Dukes' (history, U. of Aberdeen) places the Cold War from inception to end. He adopts the metaphor of a lifespan to explore the relationship from inheritance through conception, gestation, youth, and maturity to the legacy the superpowers left to the next century. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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