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The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
‘McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital
period in recent world history. Clear, concise, and compelling, The Cold
War is a superb primer on the subject.’
Fredrik Logevall, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating
and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have
been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics
in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next
few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Continental Philosophy
Julia Annas Simon Critchley
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
John Blair CRYPTOGRAPHY
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn DADA AND SURREALISM
ARCHITECTURE David Hopkins
Andrew Ballantyne Darwin Jonathan Howard
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes Democracy Bernard Crick
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold DESCARTES Tom Sorell
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland DRUGS Leslie Iversen
THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH Martin Redfern
ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
Atheism Julian Baggini Geraldine Pinch
Augustine Henry Chadwick EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
BARTHES Jonathan Culler BRITAIN Paul Langford
THE BIBLE John Riches THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
BRITISH POLITICS EMOTION Dylan Evans
Anthony Wright EMPIRE Stephen Howe
Buddha Michael Carrithers ENGELS Terrell Carver
BUDDHISM Damien Keown Ethics Simon Blackburn
CAPITALISM James Fulcher The European Union
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe John Pinder
CHOICE THEORY EVOLUTION
Michael Allingham Brian and Deborah Charlesworth
CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson FASCISM Kevin Passmore
CLASSICS Mary Beard and THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
John Henderson William Doyle
CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard Freud Anthony Storr
THE COLD WAR Galileo Stillman Drake
Robert McMahon Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh
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, 1/30/25, 10:39 AM (Very Short Introductions) Robert J. Mc Mahon - Cold War. A Very Short Intr…
GLOBALIZATION PLATO Julia Annas
Manfred Steger POLITICS Kenneth Minogue
HEGEL Peter Singer POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood David Miller
HINDUISM Kim Knott POSTCOLONIALISM
HISTORY John H. Arnold Robert Young
HOBBES Richard Tuck POSTMODERNISM
HUME A. J. Ayer Christopher Butler
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden POSTSTRUCTURALISM
Indian Philosophy Catherine Belsey
Sue Hamilton PREHISTORY Chris Gosden
Intelligence Ian J. Deary PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY
ISLAM Malise Ruthven Catherine Osborne
JUDAISM Norman Solomon Psychology Gillian Butler and
Jung Anthony Stevens Freda McManus
KANT Roger Scruton QUANTUM THEORY
KIERKEGAARD Patrick Gardiner John Polkinghorne
THE KORAN Michael Cook ROMAN BRITAIN Peter Salway
LINGUISTICS Peter Matthews ROUSSEAU Robert Wokler
LITERARY THEORY RUSSELL A. C. Grayling
Jonathan Culler RUSSIAN LITERATURE
LOCKE John Dunn Catriona Kelly
LOGIC Graham Priest THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MACHIAVELLI Quentin Skinner S. A. Smith
MARX Peter Singer SCHIZOPHRENIA
MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers Chris Frith and Eve Johnstone
MEDIEVAL BRITAIN SCHOPENHAUER
John Gillingham and Christopher Janaway
Ralph A. Griffiths SHAKESPEARE Germaine Greer
MODERN IRELAND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
Senia Pašeta ANTHROPOLOGY
MOLECULES Philip Ball John Monaghan and Peter Just
MUSIC Nicholas Cook SOCIOLOGY Steve Bruce
NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner Socrates C. C. W. Taylor
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPINOZA Roger Scruton
BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and STUART BRITAIN John Morrill
H. C. G. Matthew TERRORISM Charles Townshend
NORTHERN IRELAND THEOLOGY David F. Ford
Marc Mulholland THE TUDORS John Guy
paul E. P. Sanders TWENTIETH-CENTURY
Philosophy Edward Craig BRITAIN Kenneth O. Morgan
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Wittgenstein A. C. Grayling
Samir Okasha WORLD MUSIC Philip Bohlman
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,1/30/25, 10:39 AM (Very Short Introductions) Robert J. Mc Mahon - Cold War. A Very Short Intr…
The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
‘McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital
period in recent world history. Clear, concise, and compelling, The Cold
War is a superb primer on the subject.’
Fredrik Logevall, University of California, Santa Barbara
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,1/30/25, 10:39 AM (Very Short Introductions) Robert J. Mc Mahon - Cold War. A Very Short Intr…
Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating
and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have
been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics
in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next
few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Continental Philosophy
Julia Annas Simon Critchley
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE COSMOLOGY Peter Coles
John Blair CRYPTOGRAPHY
ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn DADA AND SURREALISM
ARCHITECTURE David Hopkins
Andrew Ballantyne Darwin Jonathan Howard
ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes Democracy Bernard Crick
ART HISTORY Dana Arnold DESCARTES Tom Sorell
ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland DRUGS Leslie Iversen
THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH Martin Redfern
ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
Atheism Julian Baggini Geraldine Pinch
Augustine Henry Chadwick EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
BARTHES Jonathan Culler BRITAIN Paul Langford
THE BIBLE John Riches THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball
BRITISH POLITICS EMOTION Dylan Evans
Anthony Wright EMPIRE Stephen Howe
Buddha Michael Carrithers ENGELS Terrell Carver
BUDDHISM Damien Keown Ethics Simon Blackburn
CAPITALISM James Fulcher The European Union
THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe John Pinder
CHOICE THEORY EVOLUTION
Michael Allingham Brian and Deborah Charlesworth
CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson FASCISM Kevin Passmore
CLASSICS Mary Beard and THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
John Henderson William Doyle
CLAUSEWITZ Michael Howard Freud Anthony Storr
THE COLD WAR Galileo Stillman Drake
Robert McMahon Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh
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, 1/30/25, 10:39 AM (Very Short Introductions) Robert J. Mc Mahon - Cold War. A Very Short Intr…
GLOBALIZATION PLATO Julia Annas
Manfred Steger POLITICS Kenneth Minogue
HEGEL Peter Singer POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood David Miller
HINDUISM Kim Knott POSTCOLONIALISM
HISTORY John H. Arnold Robert Young
HOBBES Richard Tuck POSTMODERNISM
HUME A. J. Ayer Christopher Butler
IDEOLOGY Michael Freeden POSTSTRUCTURALISM
Indian Philosophy Catherine Belsey
Sue Hamilton PREHISTORY Chris Gosden
Intelligence Ian J. Deary PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY
ISLAM Malise Ruthven Catherine Osborne
JUDAISM Norman Solomon Psychology Gillian Butler and
Jung Anthony Stevens Freda McManus
KANT Roger Scruton QUANTUM THEORY
KIERKEGAARD Patrick Gardiner John Polkinghorne
THE KORAN Michael Cook ROMAN BRITAIN Peter Salway
LINGUISTICS Peter Matthews ROUSSEAU Robert Wokler
LITERARY THEORY RUSSELL A. C. Grayling
Jonathan Culler RUSSIAN LITERATURE
LOCKE John Dunn Catriona Kelly
LOGIC Graham Priest THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MACHIAVELLI Quentin Skinner S. A. Smith
MARX Peter Singer SCHIZOPHRENIA
MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers Chris Frith and Eve Johnstone
MEDIEVAL BRITAIN SCHOPENHAUER
John Gillingham and Christopher Janaway
Ralph A. Griffiths SHAKESPEARE Germaine Greer
MODERN IRELAND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
Senia Pašeta ANTHROPOLOGY
MOLECULES Philip Ball John Monaghan and Peter Just
MUSIC Nicholas Cook SOCIOLOGY Steve Bruce
NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner Socrates C. C. W. Taylor
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPINOZA Roger Scruton
BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and STUART BRITAIN John Morrill
H. C. G. Matthew TERRORISM Charles Townshend
NORTHERN IRELAND THEOLOGY David F. Ford
Marc Mulholland THE TUDORS John Guy
paul E. P. Sanders TWENTIETH-CENTURY
Philosophy Edward Craig BRITAIN Kenneth O. Morgan
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Wittgenstein A. C. Grayling
Samir Okasha WORLD MUSIC Philip Bohlman
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