The real history of the Cold War :
Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
The real history of the Cold War : a new look at the past / Cold War Alan Axelrod. - New York, NY : Sterling, 2009. - xi, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dramatis personae -- Ashes and ideology. Allies and enemies ; Spoils of war ; New sun rising -- The world according to "X." The Iron Curtain ; Flashpoints : the Mediterranean and the Middle East ; The Marshall Plan -- Superpowers. A monopoly ends ; Mad world; Red China ; Berlin held hostage ; Spy wars -- Crossing the line. Hot war in a cold place ; Red scare nation -- Combat by proxy. High noon in Hungary ; From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis ; Vietnam -- Détente. The President, the Chairman, and the Premier ; Asymmetric dawn and the Soviet sunset ; "A new world order" -- Cold War timeline -- Live and in person.
9781402763021 1402763026
2009012167
GBA984564 bnb
015357331 Uk
Cold War.
World politics--1945-1989.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.
D843.A43 2009
The real history of the Cold War : a new look at the past / Cold War Alan Axelrod. - New York, NY : Sterling, 2009. - xi, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dramatis personae -- Ashes and ideology. Allies and enemies ; Spoils of war ; New sun rising -- The world according to "X." The Iron Curtain ; Flashpoints : the Mediterranean and the Middle East ; The Marshall Plan -- Superpowers. A monopoly ends ; Mad world; Red China ; Berlin held hostage ; Spy wars -- Crossing the line. Hot war in a cold place ; Red scare nation -- Combat by proxy. High noon in Hungary ; From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis ; Vietnam -- Détente. The President, the Chairman, and the Premier ; Asymmetric dawn and the Soviet sunset ; "A new world order" -- Cold War timeline -- Live and in person.
9781402763021 1402763026
2009012167
GBA984564 bnb
015357331 Uk
Cold War.
World politics--1945-1989.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.
D843.A43 2009