The United States and the End of the Cold War: Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations.

GADDIS, John Lewis.

Item Number: 123060

New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

First edition of Gaddis’ significant work on the end of the Cold War. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “5/2/92 For Wil and Ann Lee… with thanks for the many things both of you have done for O U John Gaddis”. Additionally signed by the dedicatees, Charles and Claire Ping, “To Wil and Ann Lee, who helped make the building of the university possible. Charlie + Claire.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brice Hammock.

The Cold War ended with an exhilarating wave of events: the toppling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the dissident poet Vaclav Havel, the revolution in Romania. Americans rejoiced at the dramatic conclusion of the long struggle. "But victories in wars--hot or cold--tend to unfocus the mind," writes John Gaddis. "It can be a dangerous thing to have achieved one's objectives, because one then has to decide what to do next." In The United States and the End of the Cold War, Gaddis provides a sharp focus on the long history of the Cold War, shedding new light on its sudden ending, as well as on what might come next.