The Cold War

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Essential history of strategic global dynamics.

The Cold War is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the strategic dynamics that drove the global confrontations during the 20th century. Gaddis provides a thrilling account of the political and economic ideologies that defined the age. This book is perfect for avid history readers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped our world today.

  • Harry S. Truman Book Award (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Cold War

Regular price RM32.84 MYR
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ISBN: 9780141029993
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2007-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics
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In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in Moscow to discuss the future, they had reason to feel optimistic. International Communism seemed everywhere on the all of Eastern Europe was securely in the Soviet camp; America's monopoly on nuclear weapons was a thing of the past; and Mao's forces had assumed control over the world's most populous country. The story of the previous five decades was one of the worst fears confirmed, and there seemed as of 1950 little sign, at least to the West, that the next fifty years would be any less dark. In fact, of course, the century's end brought the widespread triumph of political and economic freedom over its ideological enemies.In "The Cold War", John Lewis Gaddis makes a major contribution to our understanding of this epochal story. Beginning with the Second World War and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, he provides a thrilling account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age. Now, as Britain once more finds itself in a global confrontation with an implacable ideological enemy, "The Cold War" tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand.
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Essential history of strategic global dynamics.

The Cold War is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the strategic dynamics that drove the global confrontations during the 20th century. Gaddis provides a thrilling account of the political and economic ideologies that defined the age. This book is perfect for avid history readers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped our world today.

  • Harry S. Truman Book Award (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.