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<p><br>Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective. Based on the latest findings of Cold War historians and extensive research in American archives as well as the recently opened archives in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China, We Now Know provides a vividly written, eye-opening account of the Cold War during the years from the end of World War II to its most dangerous moment, the Cuban missile crisis.<br> We Now Know stands as a powerful vindication of US policy throughout the period, and as a thought-provoking reassessment of the Cold War by one of its most distinguished historians.</p> <h3>Kirkus Reviews</h3> <p>An elegantly written, vivid history of the early years of the Cold War, culminating with the Bay of Pigs crisis.<P>Noting that the flood of materials from archives in this country and abroad has substantially deepened, and sometimes considerably altered, scholars' view of events, veteran Cold War historian Gaddis (The United States and the Or

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Author

John Lewis Gaddis

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA; Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198780700

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, History

Rating

3.73 / 5 (322 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14