Giving an overview of the origins and history of the Cold War, this work considers whether the Cold War is truly over, and what the effects have been on Europe, and the former Soviet Union, as well as US foreign policy.

Chapter 1 A World Transformed?, David Armstrong, Erik Goldstein; Chapter 2 The Study of Cold War Origins, Geoffrey Warner; Chapter 3 The Cold War: The Historical Context, Richard Langhorne; Chapter 4 Ending the Cold War, Gerald Segal1; Chapter 5 Is the Cold War Over?, Uri Ra'anan; Chapter 6 The Problem for United States Foreign Policy, John A. Thompson; Chapter 7 Economic Influences on the Decline of the Soviet Union as a Great Power: Continuity Despite Change, Christopher Mark Davis; Chapter 8 Eastern Europe out of the Cold: Finlandization and Beyond, Bennett Kovrig; Chapter 9 The Re-emergence of 'the German Question': a United Germany and European Security and Stability, Ieuan G. John; Chapter 10 European Integration and the End of the Cold War, Pierre-Henri Laurent; Chapter 11 The Military Aftermath of the Cold War, Ian Clark; Chapter 12 The United Nations, Alan James; Chapter 13 The End of the Cold War and the International System, R.J. Vincent; Chapter 14 A Chronology of the Cold War, Erik Goldstein;