The Cold War: A New History
by John Lewis Gaddis
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Author: John Lewis GaddisEdition: Paperback
Published: 2006-12-26
ISBN: 0143038273
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Fantastic -- great for generalists and cold war buffs
Summary: 5 Stars
Very tighly written book that still manages to produce some fascinating annecdotes (Kruschev and Mao in the pool together) to enliven the narrative. Both myself (a history buff) and my wife (decidedly not a history buff) found it a comprehensive and yet very readiable survey of the Cold War. Its both informative and entertaining. I strongly recommend it.
Summary of The Cold War: A New History
The ?dean of Cold War historians? (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why?from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own.1945 - Present Books
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