The Cold War

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and the West threaten to escalate, this book looks back at the global drama that positioned the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Published 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in Europe that led to the end of the Cold War, it is a graphic account of a confrontation which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983.

Written by leading American defense analyst Dr. Norman Friedman, The Cold War is a fully illustrated account of this period of crisis, subterfuge, and power. Discover events as they unfolded through images of rare historical documents, such as a 1963 nuclear attack protection booklet produced for homeowners by the British government and an official information pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie. The result is a vivid account of a historical period that is echoed in today’s geopolitical climate.
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The Cold War

As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and the West threaten to escalate, this book looks back at the global drama that positioned the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Published 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in Europe that led to the end of the Cold War, it is a graphic account of a confrontation which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983.

Written by leading American defense analyst Dr. Norman Friedman, The Cold War is a fully illustrated account of this period of crisis, subterfuge, and power. Discover events as they unfolded through images of rare historical documents, such as a 1963 nuclear attack protection booklet produced for homeowners by the British government and an official information pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie. The result is a vivid account of a historical period that is echoed in today’s geopolitical climate.
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The Cold War

The Cold War

by Norman Friedman
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The Cold War

by Norman Friedman

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As present-day political and military hostilities between Russia and the West threaten to escalate, this book looks back at the global drama that positioned the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Published 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in Europe that led to the end of the Cold War, it is a graphic account of a confrontation which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983.

Written by leading American defense analyst Dr. Norman Friedman, The Cold War is a fully illustrated account of this period of crisis, subterfuge, and power. Discover events as they unfolded through images of rare historical documents, such as a 1963 nuclear attack protection booklet produced for homeowners by the British government and an official information pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie. The result is a vivid account of a historical period that is echoed in today’s geopolitical climate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781779385
Publisher: SevenOaks
Publication date: 03/01/2019
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,058,535
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Norman Friedman is an American defense analyst and former Deputy Director of National Security Studies of the Hudson Institute, from 1973–1984. Dr. Friedman has published 29 books, including a history of the Cold War, The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War, which won the 2001 Westminster Prize for the best English-language military book of 2000, awarded by the Royal United Services Institute.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 A Failed Peace 1

2 The Iron Curtain 4

3 The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, And Nato 7

4 The Berlin Airlift 11

5 China And Decolonization 14

6 McCarthyism 17

7 The Korean War 21

8 The Bomb 25

9 Explosions In Europe: Uprisings In The Gdr And Poland 28

10 Explosions In Europe: Hungarian Uprising 31

11 Splits In The Facades 34

12 Secret Services: East 38

13 Secret Services: West 42

14 Sputnik And The Missile Age 45

15 Cuba: Bay Of Pigs 48

16 The Berlin Wall 52

17 Cuban Missile Crisis 55

18 Vietnam 70

19 The Prague Spring 74

20 Detente: Peak Of Soviet Power 78

21 Afghanistan 82

22 Dissidents 85

23 Solidarity 89

24 President Reagan's Offensive 92

25 Gorbachev: A Man To Do Business With 96

26 The Wall Comes Down 99

27 Revolutions In Eastern Europe 102

28 Fall Of The Soviet Union 106

Index 110

Credits 118

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