《全球冷战:美苏对第三世界的干涉与当代世界的形成》内容简介：发生于21世纪的冷战如何为当前世界的种种冲突——包括反恐战争——奠定了基础?如何塑造了当前世界的政治、经济、军事等各个方面？美国、前苏联的第三世界政策如何激起了后者的牴触、最终将苏联拖垮并对美国造成了持续至今的压力？在研究干涉主义意识形态以及反抗干涉的革命运动的演进过程当中，《全球冷战:美苏对第三世界的干涉与当代世界的形成》在衔接历史和当下这个方面比任何其他冷战相关著作都做得更好。 《全球冷战:美苏对第三世界的干涉与当代世界的形成》最令人印象深刻的地方就是作者驾驭多边档案史料的功底。作者不但使用了公开出版的史料集、回忆录、博士论文，而且触及了大量为世人所不了解的多边档案，这充分体现了作者高超的史料梳理技艺。作者为我们详细地描述了美苏两国干涉第三世界国家的全景史画，并着重展现了二者彼此相异的意识形态诉求和策略手段。而且，他将笔触一直延伸至21世纪初的当代世界，将冷战干涉史的影响与当代国际热点问题紧密、妥当地联结，显现出其炽热的现实关怀热情。

《全球冷战》令人印象深刻的地方就是作者驾驭多边档案史料的功底。在书中，文安立不但使用了公开出版的史料集、回忆录、博士论文及其他二手资料，而且触摸了大量为世人所不了解的多边档案，其中了包括了俄罗斯（苏联）、中国、塞尔维亚和黑山、意大利、德国、美国和南非等数国，涉及了多种所在国语言。这充分体现了 作者高超的语言使用能力和史料梳理技艺，令人赞叹。在充分的事实基础上，作者为我们详细地描述了美苏两国干涉第三世界国家的全景史画，并突出了二者彼此相异的意识形态诉求和策略手段。而且，他将笔触一直延伸至21世纪初的当代世界，顺流直下，将干涉史的影响与当代国际热点问题紧密、妥当地联系在一起，显现了其炽热的现实关怀热情。

From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the world We tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But in this major new work, Bancroft Prize-winning scholar Odd Arne Westad argues that the Cold War must be understood as a global ideological confrontation, with early roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world. In The Cold War, Westad offers a new perspective on a century when great power rivalry and ideological battle transformed every corner of our globe. From Soweto to Hollywood, Hanoi, and Hamburg, young men and women felt they were fighting for the future of the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where nearly every community had to choose sides. And these choices continue to define economies and regimes across the world. Today, many regions are plagued with environmental threats, social divides, and ethnic conflicts that stem from this era. Its ideologies influence China, Russia, and the United States; Iraq and Afghanistan have been destroyed by the faith in purely military solutions that emerged from the Cold War. Stunning in its breadth and revelatory in its perspective, this book expands our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, and offers an engaging new history of how today's world was created.