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# Cambridge University Press The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times

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Review: Westad's book offers a new interpretation of the second half of the twentieth century, one that focuses on how the conflict between the US and the USSR-- and the division of the world into two halves-- played out in the Third World, and shaped and was shaped by the politics of those regions. The first two chapters are fairly heavy going, as Westad lays out sweeping statements about first the US, then the USSR, arguing that both countries developed around ideas that committed them to an almost evangelical form of statehood, of exporting their way of life. As he moves into the middle of the book, however, the story really takes off; he offers well-informed, fascinating case studies ranging from Angola and Ethiopia to Iran and Afghanistan. In every case, he illuminates the way in which the US and USSR offered only two sides on the playing field, and how people in these Third World countries responded by playing the superpowers off one another. One of the central processes that he brings to light is the way in which this situation eventually encouraged the rise of sectarian movements in many of those countries, including fundamentalist Islam, which appears here as a natural development from a generation who had watched their predecessors cast in with one of the two superpowers, and end up pawns in a global chess game. After finishing this book, I felt that I had an entirely new perspective on American history in the 20th century and better understood current-day issues from the rise of Islam to American support for Israel to the politics of central Africa. Certainly NOT a light read, but an invaluable one.
Review: This book offers a different and well-documented view on the Cold War. While the Western-centered perspective has dipctied the Cold War as purely dyadic confrontation fought in Europe between the two superpower, Westad described the importance of the pheriphery in shaping the Us/USSR conflict, providing a different perspective on the Cold War as a whole and on relevance of smaller actors in bringing on their side the reluctant superpowers.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #248,193 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,256 in History of the Americas #2,495 in World History #95,822 in Textbooks & Study Guides |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (108) |
| Dimensions  | 20 x 2 x 15 cm |
| Edition  | 32711th |
| ISBN-10  | 052170314X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0521703147 |
| Item weight  | 794 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 496 pages |
| Publication date  | 19 February 2007 |
| Publisher  | Cambridge University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by C***R on 1 April 2007*

Westad's book offers a new interpretation of the second half of the twentieth century, one that focuses on how the conflict between the US and the USSR-- and the division of the world into two halves-- played out in the Third World, and shaped and was shaped by the politics of those regions. The first two chapters are fairly heavy going, as Westad lays out sweeping statements about first the US, then the USSR, arguing that both countries developed around ideas that committed them to an almost evangelical form of statehood, of exporting their way of life. As he moves into the middle of the book, however, the story really takes off; he offers well-informed, fascinating case studies ranging from Angola and Ethiopia to Iran and Afghanistan. In every case, he illuminates the way in which the US and USSR offered only two sides on the playing field, and how people in these Third World countries responded by playing the superpowers off one another. One of the central processes that he brings to light is the way in which this situation eventually encouraged the rise of sectarian movements in many of those countries, including fundamentalist Islam, which appears here as a natural development from a generation who had watched their predecessors cast in with one of the two superpowers, and end up pawns in a global chess game. After finishing this book, I felt that I had an entirely new perspective on American history in the 20th century and better understood current-day issues from the rise of Islam to American support for Israel to the politics of central Africa. Certainly NOT a light read, but an invaluable one.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by X***Z on 24 September 2014*

This book offers a different and well-documented view on the Cold War. While the Western-centered perspective has dipctied the Cold War as purely dyadic confrontation fought in Europe between the two superpower, Westad described the importance of the pheriphery in shaping the Us/USSR conflict, providing a different perspective on the Cold War as a whole and on relevance of smaller actors in bringing on their side the reluctant superpowers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***N on 28 May 2013*

Great book, Love reading this for my International Flashpoint's Module @ University . well written and researched by the author.

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