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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFTHECOLDWARVolumeIIIofTheCambridgeHistoryoftheColdWarexaminestheevolutionoftheconflictfromtheHelsinkiConferenceof1975untiltheSovietcollapsein1991.Ateamofleadingscholarsanalyzestheeconomic,social,cultural,religious,technological,andgeopolit-icalfactorsthatendedth
2、eColdWaranddiscussesthepersonalitiesandpoliciesofkeyleaderssuchasBrezhnev,Reagan,Gorbachev,Thatcher,Kohl,andDengXiaoping.TheauthorsshowhoweventsthroughouttheworldshapedtheevolutionofSoviet–Americanrelationsandtheyexplorethelegaciesofthesuperpowerconfron-tationinacomparativeandtran
3、snationalperspective.IndividualchaptersexaminehowtheColdWaraffectedandwasaffectedbyenvironmentalissues,economictrends,patternsofconsumption,humanrights,andnon-governmentalorganizations.Thevolumerepresentsthenewinternationalhistoryatitsbest,emphasizingbroadsocial,economic,demographic
4、,andstrategicdevelopmentswhilekeepingpoliticsandhumanagencyinfocus.MELVYNP.LEFFLERisEdwardStettiniusProfessorofAmericanHistoryattheDepartmentofHistory,UniversityofVirginia.HispreviouspublicationsincludeToLeadtheWorld:AmericanStrategyAftertheBushDoctrine(2008,asco-editor),FortheSou
5、lofMankind:TheUnitedStates,theSovietUnion,andtheColdWar(2007,winneroftheAHAGeorgeLouisBeerPrize),andAPreponderanceofPower:NationalSecurity,theTrumanAdministrationandtheColdWar(1992,winneroftheBancroftPrize,theRobertFerrellPrize,andtheHerbertHooverBookAward).ODDARNEWESTADisProfesso
6、rofInternationalHistoryattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience.HispreviouspublicationsincludeTheGlobalColdWar:ThirdWorldInterventionsandtheMakingofOurTimes(2005,winneroftheBancroftPrize,theAPSANewPoliticalSciencePrize,andtheAkiraIriyeAward),DecisiveEncounters:TheChineseCiv
7、ilWar,1946–1950(2003),andBrothersinArms:TheRiseandFalloftheSino-SovietAlliance,1945–1963(1999,aseditor).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2010CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2010THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFTHECOLDWAR*VOLUMEIIIEndings*EditedbyMELVYNP.LEFF
8、LERandODDARNEWESTADCambridgeHisto