The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where nearly every community had to choose sides. And these choices continue to define economies and regimes across the world.
Today, many regions are plagued with environmental threats, social divides, and ethnic conflicts that stem from this era. Its ideologies influence China, Russia, and the United States; Iraq and Afghanistan have been destroyed by the faith in purely military solutions that emerged from the Cold War.
Chapter 3. Europe’s Asymmetries
Chapter 8. The Making of the West
Chapter 11. Kennedy’s Contingencies
Chapter 12. Encountering Vietnam
Chapter 13. The Cold War and Latin America
Chapter 14. The Age of Brezhnev
Chapter 16. The Cold War and India
Chapter 17. Middle East Maelstroms
Chapter 21. Global Transformations
Chapter 22. European Realities