Download or read book America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1980 written by Walter LaFeber and published by New York ; Toronto : J. Wiley. This book was released on 1980 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise text focuses on United States-Soviet diplomacy to explain the causes and consequences of the Cold War. It explores how the Cold War was shaped by domestic events in both the U.S. and the Soviet Union and presents a variety of other points of view on the conflict--Chinese, Latin American, European, and Vietnamese. The text includes both engaging anecdotes and quotes from primary sources to support key points and exemplify policies, and recent scholarship and materials from openings of the U.S., Soviet, and Chinese archives.