The cold war, mainly manifested in the confrontation between the two major military blocs, led by the united states and the soviet union, was the main source of the world's chronic instability。
The cold war (in english: cold war, russian: oblivion) refers to the political, economic and military struggle between the united states, the north atlantic treaty organization-dominated capitalist camp and the soviet union and the warsaw treaty organization-dominated socialist camp between 1947 and 1991, namely, the struggle “to contain each other, not to use force”。
On 5 march 1946, the former british prime minister, winston churchill, gave an iron curtain speech in fulton, united states, officially opening the cold war。
On 12 march 1947, the introduction of the united states trumanism marked the beginning of the cold war。
The establishment of the warsaw treaty organization in 1955 marked the formation of a bipolar pattern。
The collapse of the soviet union in 1991 and the subsequent dissolution of the soviet union demonstrated the failure of the soviet model, marking the end of the cold war and, at the same time, the end of a bipolar pattern for 44 years。
It is time to review and understand the history of the cold war in three ways: from our perspective, the results of research, the people who participated in it and the whole picture of the history of europe as a whole。
Research findings from our perspective
Chinese strategic decision-making in the cold war era: caucasian (doctor of law, professor, international relations school, beijing university)
This work, which reflects more comprehensively the direction of strategic decision-making in china during the cold war and its underlying characteristics and dynamics, is the first systematic study of strategic decision-making in china during the cold war。
In its historical study of china's strategic decision-making in foreign affairs and security, the book analyses the six most important cases of chinese foreign policy-making in the cold war era, revealing the process, mechanisms, characteristics and interaction with the outside world at the top of china's decision-making。
The whole book is a collection of narratives and historical details, with a clear framework, a fluid narrative, an in-depth reflection and a worthy reading。
The apocalypse of the cold war: shen shihua and others
The book, which was commissioned by the national office for philosophy and social science, organized by the chinese university of pedagogical education, a group of scholars in the field of national philosophy and science, produced 15 thematic reports on the origins of the cold war in europe and asia, the american-soviet space and nuclear arms competition, the american-soviet psychological war and the economic cold war, the us-soviet hegemony over the euro-asian-african continent, the us-us alliance, the us-us strategic triangle, and the transformation of the soviet union and eastern european countries。
I'm sorry
"friends: five united states presidents winning the cold war" by robert m. Gates
Robert m. Gates is the only person in american politics who has been promoted step by step from a grass-roots intelligence analyst to the director of the central intelligence agency. He therefore has the qualifications and authority to speak of the cold war。
Through access to confidential information and to the high-level decision-making process of his administration, gates analysed successive presidents, officials and policies related to the period from an objective and impartial perspective, detailing the successes and failures of the internal operating mechanisms of the five united states governments, the intelligence services and secret agents, the struggles for power, and the in-depth portrayal of key figures, revealing the different performances of the presidents he served in responding to the international climate, the political struggles he had experienced and seen in the white house, the character and historical secrets of different leaders。
The history of the cold war: raymond gartoff
The author of the book has been at the forefront of the united states' “think tank” — the rand company — since 1950, studying soviet military issues as “soviet experts”。
Senior officials of the central intelligence agency (cia) and the state department and ambassadors accredited to bulgaria from 1957 to 1979 were directly involved in such important tasks as the collection and analysis of intelligence in sioux, the handling of the cuban missile crisis and the negotiation of strategic weapons between the united states and the russian federation。
Senior fellow of the brookings institution, 1980-1994, remains in the evolution of american-russian relations. As an important participant in the entire process of the cold war, in this book he reveals the little-known intelligence of high-ranking figures in the united states government about the situation in the soviet union, the debate and the response to the strategy。
Published by xinhua press in august 2003。
Hrushchev: nikita she khrushchev
The memoir presents a political picture of the various historical periods of the soviet union, reveals a number of important events at the highest levels of the soviet union, which have long been far-fetched, and describes the beginning and end of certain political events as an invaluable historical document。
The book consists of three volumes and is the most complete and authoritative chinese translation to date. Some commentators have argued that, without reading this memoir, the history of the rise and fall of the soviet union and the cold war could not be fully understood。
Nikita she khrushchev (1894-1971), former soviet leader. From september 1953 to october 1964, he was the first secretary of the central committee of the communist party of the ussr and president of the council of ministers of the ussr from 1958 to 1964。
"linging alone: galbachev memories:
Russia
Mikhail sergeyevich gorbachev
The book is the latest autobiography of gorbachev, an 80-year-old politician who, at the side of his life, recounts his history, reviews his life, discloses a great deal of unknown details and solves many historical mysteries。
In his book, gorbachev details his dealings and grievances with prominent figures such as brezhnev, andropov, chernenko and yeltsin。
The author's summation of his life, together with a large number of valuable first-time photographs, made the book the most reliable first-hand source of research into soviet politics。
Europe as a whole
"the history of post-war europe: tony jute."
Best work on post-war european history. — publishers' weekly
It's amazing... It's got the rhythm of creepy novels and the breadth of encyclopedia. — the new york times review
The book, which was conceived over 20 years and written over 10 years, makes extensive use of literature in six languages, covering 34 countries, taking into account western and eastern europe and covering europe as a whole, and is the first master's work to present a comprehensive picture of 60 years of political, economic and cultural change in modern europe。
It covers initiatives ranging from brutal genocide to human rights values, from fascism to the global rollover of the soviet socialist group of eastern europe, from free capital markets to big government welfare states, from an arms race to the establishment of a mutual assistance eu, from tariff barriers to a unified currency of the euro ..
The president of the european commission, barroso, the president of the european parliament, schulz, and the european union foreign minister, solana, among other political figures, are highly recommended。
