Hard and Bitter Peace

Edward H. Judge is professor of history and John W. Langdon is professor emeritus of history at Le Moyne College. Their books include Connections: A World History and The Cold War through Documents: A Global History.

For students who have no memories of the Cold War, there is no better introduction than A Hard and Bitter Peace. Judge and Langdon present clear accounts of every significant Cold War episode, responsible treatments of contentious issues, and understandable explanations of competing points of view. Theirs should be the essential text for any undergraduate course on the Cold War.

• Part I: Origins of the Cold WarChapter 1: The Seeds of Conflict Chapter 2: Adversaries and Allies, 1939–1945 Chapter 3: The Formation of the Communist Bloc, 1944–1948 Chapter 4: The Cold War Begins, 1945–1948 Chapter 5: The Battle for Germany, 1948–1952Chapter 6: The Cold War’s Origins in Asia, 1945-1954Part II: The Global ConfrontationChapter 7: The Conflict over Korea, 1950–1953 Chapter 8: New Leaders and New Realities, 1953–1959 Chapter 9: The Cold War in the Middle East and South Asia, 1953-1960Chapter 10: The Cold War Comes to Africa, 1957-1964 Chapter 11: Crisis and Coexistence, 1960–1964 Chapter 12: Southeast Asia and the Cold War, 1954–1973Chapter 13: China, SALT, and the Superpowers, 1967–1972Part III: The Search for a SolutionChapter 14: The Heyday of Détente, 1972–1975 Chapter 15: The Decline of Détente, 1975–1979 Chapter 16: The Return of the Cold War, 1980–1985 Chapter 17: The Thaw in the Cold War, 1985–1988 Chapter 18: The End of the Cold War, 1988–1991Chapter 19: Lessons and Legacies of the Cold War