History of War Book of the Cold War



A conflict unlike any that had come before it, the Cold War’s battlegrounds were as much in the hearts and minds of citizens around the world as they were in the myriad combat zones that stretched from Vietnam to Cuba. In the History of War Book of the Cold War we explore the most fascinating events of this iconic conflict, from the origins of the Iron Curtain, to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Delve into the Cold War like never before through stunning photography, expert commentary and eyewitness accounts.

Discover the conflict that defined the modern world

Cold War Origins
- Follow the frosty beginnings of the conflict, from the Berlin Blockade to the fall of the Iron Curtain

Key Players
- Uncover the crucial roles played by leaders on both sides, including JFK, Nixon, Stalin and Khrushchev

Crises & Conflicts
- From Vietnam to the Cuban Missile Crisis, discover just how close the world came to total annihilation

The End of an Era
- Relive the decline of the Soviet Union through eyewitness accounts and evocative photography

Also inside...
- Key events of the Cold War
- Russia’s ultimate tyrant: Stalin
- Inside the Kremlin
- Seeds of the Cold War
- Key player: Harry S Truman
- The opening exchanges
- Key player: Nikita Khrushchev
- Life in the shadow of the Cold War
- How to survive a nuclear attack
- How the Cold War was fought
- CIA spy gear
- A day in the life of a propaganda artist
- The race to outer space
- The U-2 incident
- Key player: Dwight D Eisenhower
- Vietnam
- Key player: John F Kennedy
- 13 days of Armageddon
- Key player: Che Guevara
- A third world war
- The Sino-Soviet split
- Ultimate Cold War weapons
- The thaw of detente
- Thatcher & Reagan: A political love affair
- Eyewitness: Fall of the Berlin Wall
- The Cold War wanes
- What if the Berlin Wall never fell?

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