Losing Our Souls : The American Experience in the Cold War
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1566630967
ISBN-13
9781566630962
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Imprint
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 1995
Print length
257 Pages
Weight
295 grams
Dimensions
20.70 x 13.60 x 1.70 cms
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The first book to sum up the consequences of the cold war for Americans. “A searching account of the costs of the cold war ‘victory’ that we are celebrating—not only the material price but the blight on our ideas, ideals, and institutions.”—James MacGregor Burns.
The United States has won the cold war—but at what cost? While political observers ponder the collapse of Soviet communism, and historians continue to debate the origins of the cold war, scarcely anyone has considered the profound changes it wrought in American society. Edward Pessen''s Losing Our Souls is the first book to sum up the consequences of the cold war for Americans—the shifting ideals of our approach to international affairs; the building of our nuclear arsenal; the tactics used to combat "communist subversion" throughout the world and within the United States; the transformation of the American economy in response to security demands. Carefully reviewing the evidence, Mr. Pessen charges that American cold war policy was disastrous for many of our cherished values and institutions. In a powerful indictment of American leadership, he accuses our cold war policymakers of deplorable activities and of misrepresenting them to the American people—all in the name of the cause of anticommunism. Losing Our Souls is an important book that challenges smug official appraisals of our cold war experience.
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