According to Westad, these changes, plus the ideologies, movements and states that interventionism stirred up, constitute the real legacy of the Cold War. Odd Arne Westad, The Global Cold War 0 likes Like In post-World War I America the period in which most US Cold War leaders grew up the idea that Europe and the world had shown themselves not ready for American order, organization, and concepts of rights merged with concern over the effects of immigration. In addition, he demonstrates how these worldwide interventions determined the international and domestic framework within which political, social and cultural changes took place in such countries as China, Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua. He focuses on how these interventions gave rise to resentments and resistance that, in the end, helped to topple one and to seriously challenge the other superpower. The Global Cold War 9780521703147, 9781139632898 VitalSource The Global Cold War Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times Author (s) Odd Arne Westad Publisher Cambridge University Press Format Fixed Print ISBN 9780521703147, 052170314X eText ISBN 9781139632898, 1139632892 29.139632898 Buy eTextbook Lifetime 29. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most of today's key international conflicts, including the 'war on terror.' Odd Arne Westad examines the origins and course of Third World revolutions and the ideologies that drove the U.S. The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today-especially international politics, economics, and military affairs.

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