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Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded.
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A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses 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. At several times the world stood on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, but these dangerous moments all ended with both sides drawing back, until the long confrontation ended peacefully. Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded. Maps, diaries, letters and other items which, up till now, have remained filed or exhibited in the Imperial War Museum and other museum collections in Northern Europe and America include a 1963 nuclear attack protective booklet produced for homeowners by the British government and the official pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie, with practical advice on visiting Communist-controlled East Berlin.
Author Biography
Dr Norman Friedman is an American defence 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
A Failed Peace The Iron Curtain The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO The Berlin Airlift China and De-Colonization McCarthyism Korea: The Cold War Becomes a Military Struggle Why The War Never Became Hot: The Bomb Explosions in Europe: Poland & the GDR Uprising Explosions in Europe: The Hungarian Uprising Secret Services: East Secret Services: West Missiles, Sputnik, and the H-Bomb Cuba: Bay of Pigs The Berlin Wall Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam The Prague Spring Detente: The Peak of Soviet Power Afghanistan Dissidents Poland President Reagan's Offensive Living with the Bomb Gorbachev: A Man to Do Business With The Wall Comes Down Revolutions in Eastern Europe Fall of the Soviet Union.
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Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded.
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Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded. A graphic account of this long-running global drama, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is published in a new era of fear and uncertainty. It encompasses 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. At several times the world stood on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, but these dangerous moments all ended with both sides drawing back, until the long confrontation ended peacefully. Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded. Maps, diaries, letters and other items which, up till now, have remained filed or exhibited in the Imperial War Museum and other museum collections in Northern Europe and America include a 1963 nuclear attack protective booklet produced for homeowners by the British government and the official pack for US troops passing through Checkpoint Charlie, with practical advice on visiting Communist-controlled East Berlin.
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Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, The Compact Guide: The Cold War is supplemented with 60 photographs and documents that allow the reader to witness the events as they unfolded.
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This compact format allows this thrilling historical account to be succinct, affordable, and accessible for a wide audience.
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We have arguably entered a new Cold War between three major powers: Russia, the US and China; and the world contains more potential flash points than ever before, affecting the nuclear-armed states of North Korea, India, Pakistan and Israel. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the end of the Cold War. 1989 saw the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the overthrow of Communist rulers in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Written by one of America's leading defense analysts and awardwinning Cold War author. This compact format allows this thrilling historical account to be succinct, affordable, and accessible for a wide audience.
Details ISBN0233005919 Year 2019 ISBN-10 0233005919 ISBN-13 9780233005911 Publication Date 2019-08-08 Pages 128 Series The Compact Guide Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 909.825 Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-08 Illustrations 60 b&w photos and illus Edition Description With flaps Format Paperback Audience General NZ Release Date 2020-06-01 Author Norman Friedman Publisher Headline Publishing Group Imprint Welbeck AU Release Date 2020-06-01 We've got this
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