TY - BOOK AU - Axelrod,Alan TI - The real history of the Cold War: a new look at the past SN - 9781402763021 AV - D843.A43 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Sterling KW - Cold War KW - World politics KW - 1945-1989 KW - Soviet Union KW - Foreign relations KW - 1945-1991 N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009012167-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009012167-d.html ER -