The Cold War
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Publisher Description
A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction.
In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning...
Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate; how close we came to nuclear catastrophe; what was really going on in the minds of leaders from Stalin to Mao Zedong, Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev, how secret agents plotted and East German holidaymakers helped the Berlin Wall fall. It is a story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.
Customer Reviews
An excellent insight of the key stages of the Cold War
In my view this book provides an excellent insight of the key stages of the Cold War. It provides sufficient knowledge to allow a good understanding of the key issues facing the divided world and how ordinary people transformed politics towards ending the Cold War and democracy rightly prevailing. A highly recommended book.