This textbook provides a dynamic and concise overview of the Cold War. Offering balanced coverage of the whole era, it takes a firmly global approach, showing how at various times the focus of East-West rivalry shifted to new and surprising venues, from Laos to Katanga, from Nicaragua to Angola. Thr
Cold War: An Illustrated History, 1945-1991
โ Scribed by Jeremy Isaacs, Taylor Downing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 456
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This illustrated narrative history, spanning the rise of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Berlin Wall, is the companion the major 24-episode documentary airing on CNN, and around the world, beginning in the fall of 1998. 600 illustrations, 100 in color. 7 maps.
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