the cold war

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The Cold War

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The Cold War

The book The Age of Extremes ' written by Eric Hobsbawm very accurately defines the proceedings of cold war in the twentieth century The book has been deeply appreciated because of the strong analysis it gives of the entire scenario . Hobsbawm has been always known as both the political theorist and historian who made his mark by very intellectually highlighting all the issues that lead to the cold war

and it 's after affects by taking arts , technology , economics and politics into account

He has divided the entire book into three stages `The Age of Catastrophe (1914-50 , `The Golden Age (1950-75 , and `The Landslide (1975 to 1991 and beyond . The cold war is covered in all the three stages . He has started with the First World War ending the book by telling the tale of Soviet Union collapse in the year 1990 . He gives a very dramatic conclusion by analyzing the future situation after the year 1991 . He does not seem so optimistic about the future by stating lines such as "The world of the third millennium will therefore almost certainly continue to be one of violent politics and violent political changes . The only thing uncertain about them is where they will lead (Hobsbawm , 1996 ,

. 460 . As time passes many of Hobsbawm assumptions of "Social distribution and not growth would dominate the politics of the new millennium " are turning...