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Article: The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union 1917-1991
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- RUSI Journal
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- April 1, 1998
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THE COLD WAR: THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1991 by Ronald E Powaski, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998), L36.50, 350 pages
Ronald Powaski has written a comprehensive account of the Cold War which will probably prove useful as an orthodox textbook for some years to come. It embraces much of recent historical revisionism and the reinterpretation made possible by the opening up of the archives, both American and Soviet. It is judicious in its conclusions. There is no overt triumphalism here. The author has no time for those who claim that Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. But he has an equally dispassionate view of Kennedy's unnecessarily provocative role in the Cuban ...