The Cold War: From The Iron Curtain To The Collapse Of Communism

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and theWest threaten to escalate, The Cold War looks back at a global dramathat positioned the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon.Published 30 years after the fall of the Berlin W... Read more

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and theWest threaten to escalate, The Cold War looks back at a global dramathat positioned the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon.Published 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse ofCommunism in Europe that led to the end of the Cold War, it is agraphic account of a confrontation that encompassed moments of hightension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of1962 and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983.Written by leading defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The ColdWar is a fully illustrated account of this period of crisis, subterfuge andpower. Showing rare documents, such as a 1963 nuclear attackprotection booklet produced for homeowners by the British government,and an official pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie,the reader can witness events as they unfolded. The result is a vividaccount of a historical period that is echoed in today''s geopoliticalclimate.The Cold War is the perfect companion with which to examine theevents of this tense period of history - events that resonate everstrongly in this modern era of paranoia and surveillance. Less