--- product_id: 386686821 title: "Cambridge University Press The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times" price: "AED 229" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/386686821-cambridge-university-press-the-global-cold-war-third-world-interventions store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Global Cold War scope In-depth historical analysis Third World conflict focus Cambridge University Press The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times **Price:** AED 229 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🌐 Unlock the Cold War’s global secrets shaping today’s world. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cambridge University Press The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times - **How much does it cost?** AED 229 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/386686821-cambridge-university-press-the-global-cold-war-third-world-interventions) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Unrivaled Depth & Insight:** 110+ reviews praise its detailed, readable analysis connecting past conflicts to today's geopolitical landscape. - β€’ **Essential for Thought Leaders:** A must-read for professionals seeking to grasp the geopolitical forces shaping our times. - β€’ **Global Perspective, Local Impact:** Explore Cold War dynamics beyond the superpowers, revealing how Third World nations shaped history. - β€’ **Bridges History and Current Affairs:** Links Cold War interventions to contemporary global politics for a fresh, essential viewpoint. - β€’ **Reveals Hidden Roots of Modern Conflicts:** Understand the origins of the War on Terror and sectarian movements through expert case studies. ## Overview The Global Cold War by Cambridge University Press offers a groundbreaking global analysis of Cold War interventions in Third World countries, revealing how these conflicts laid the foundation for many modern geopolitical issues. With detailed case studies from China to Nicaragua, this critically acclaimed book connects historical superpower rivalries to contemporary challenges like the War on Terror, making it an indispensable resource for understanding today’s international landscape. ## Description The Cold War shaped the world we live in today - its politics, economics, and military affairs. This book shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the last century created the foundations for most of the key conflicts we see today, including the War on Terror. It focuses on how the Third World policies of the two twentieth-century superpowers - the United States and the Soviet Union - gave rise to resentments and resistance that in the end helped topple one superpower and still seriously challenge the other. Ranging from China to Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua, it provides a truly global perspective on the Cold War. And by exploring both the development of interventionist ideologies and the revolutionary movements that confronted interventions, the book links the past with the present in ways that no other major work on the Cold War era has succeeded in doing. Review: Important and surprisingly readable new account of our times - Westad's book offers a new interpretation of the second half of the twentieth century, one that focuses on how the conflict between the US and the USSR-- and the division of the world into two halves-- played out in the Third World, and shaped and was shaped by the politics of those regions. The first two chapters are fairly heavy going, as Westad lays out sweeping statements about first the US, then the USSR, arguing that both countries developed around ideas that committed them to an almost evangelical form of statehood, of exporting their way of life. As he moves into the middle of the book, however, the story really takes off; he offers well-informed, fascinating case studies ranging from Angola and Ethiopia to Iran and Afghanistan. In every case, he illuminates the way in which the US and USSR offered only two sides on the playing field, and how people in these Third World countries responded by playing the superpowers off one another. One of the central processes that he brings to light is the way in which this situation eventually encouraged the rise of sectarian movements in many of those countries, including fundamentalist Islam, which appears here as a natural development from a generation who had watched their predecessors cast in with one of the two superpowers, and end up pawns in a global chess game. After finishing this book, I felt that I had an entirely new perspective on American history in the 20th century and better understood current-day issues from the rise of Islam to American support for Israel to the politics of central Africa. Certainly NOT a light read, but an invaluable one. Review: A different view on the Cold War - This book offers a different and well-documented view on the Cold War. While the Western-centered perspective has dipctied the Cold War as purely dyadic confrontation fought in Europe between the two superpower, Westad described the importance of the pheriphery in shaping the Us/USSR conflict, providing a different perspective on the Cold War as a whole and on relevance of smaller actors in bringing on their side the reluctant superpowers. ## Features - The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 110 Reviews | ## Images ![Cambridge University Press The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71kgyu-Z00L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Important and surprisingly readable new account of our times *by C***R on 1 April 2007* Westad's book offers a new interpretation of the second half of the twentieth century, one that focuses on how the conflict between the US and the USSR-- and the division of the world into two halves-- played out in the Third World, and shaped and was shaped by the politics of those regions. The first two chapters are fairly heavy going, as Westad lays out sweeping statements about first the US, then the USSR, arguing that both countries developed around ideas that committed them to an almost evangelical form of statehood, of exporting their way of life. As he moves into the middle of the book, however, the story really takes off; he offers well-informed, fascinating case studies ranging from Angola and Ethiopia to Iran and Afghanistan. In every case, he illuminates the way in which the US and USSR offered only two sides on the playing field, and how people in these Third World countries responded by playing the superpowers off one another. One of the central processes that he brings to light is the way in which this situation eventually encouraged the rise of sectarian movements in many of those countries, including fundamentalist Islam, which appears here as a natural development from a generation who had watched their predecessors cast in with one of the two superpowers, and end up pawns in a global chess game. After finishing this book, I felt that I had an entirely new perspective on American history in the 20th century and better understood current-day issues from the rise of Islam to American support for Israel to the politics of central Africa. Certainly NOT a light read, but an invaluable one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A different view on the Cold War *by X***Z on 24 September 2014* This book offers a different and well-documented view on the Cold War. While the Western-centered perspective has dipctied the Cold War as purely dyadic confrontation fought in Europe between the two superpower, Westad described the importance of the pheriphery in shaping the Us/USSR conflict, providing a different perspective on the Cold War as a whole and on relevance of smaller actors in bringing on their side the reluctant superpowers. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Book *by M***N on 28 May 2013* Great book, Love reading this for my International Flashpoint's Module @ University . well written and researched by the author. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times - The Cold War: A New History - Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/386686821-cambridge-university-press-the-global-cold-war-third-world-interventions](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/386686821-cambridge-university-press-the-global-cold-war-third-world-interventions) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-07-18*