The Cold War
A New History
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 26, 2006
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- Who it’s for
- A clear, accessible history that connects politics, science, and nuclear strategy without losing the thread.
- Genres
- Cold War History, Russian & Post-Soviet Politics, 20th-Century America
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, December 26, 2006
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“Outstanding . . . The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.” —The Boston Globe “Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject.” —The New York Times 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.
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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. Gaddis is also the author of On Grand Strategy.
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A clear, accessible history that connects politics, science, and nuclear strategy without losing the thread.
Come here for
- cold war context, cleanly explained
- diplomacy and nuclear strategy in one frame
Expect
- big-picture explanation
- steady, sustained narrative pace
Where it sits
| Cold War History | 100% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century America | 21% |
| Russian & Post-Soviet Politics | 17% |
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Publisher categories
- World History
- 20th-Century History
- International Relations
- Authors
- John Lewis Gaddis
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- December 26, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- World History