The Cold War: A New History

The "dean of Cold War historians" (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why?from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own. more

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-24-2009; Reasonable Approach to a Difficult Project; In the introduction, Gaddis sets the context for this book: the topic is not familiar to young people, and various students and others familiar with his scholarship wished for a much shorter, more easily digestible work on the entire...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-16-2009; A Well Considered History of the Cold War; John Lewis Gaddis' book "The Cold War, A New History" accomplishes what it sets out to do very nicely- provide a general overview of the events, personalities, and issues at stake in the US-USSR confrontation. Gaddis expertly traces the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-22-2009; Only partially successful; I picked up "The Cold War: a New History" on my way to an airport and read it over several days and several flights. As I tend to do, immediately after purchasing it I put a privacy cover over the book such that I couldn't myself see...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-22-2009; Excelent Accessible Summary of the Cold War; John Lewis Gaddis does an excellent job providing a readable overview of a very complicated period in modern history. This book is equally enlightening for those of us who grew up under the persistent threat of nuclear warfare and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-16-2009; A Well Considered History of the Cold War; John Lewis Gaddis' book "The Cold War, A New History" accomplishes what it sets out to do very nicely- provide a general overview of the events, personalities, and issues at stake in the US-USSR confrontation. Gaddis expertly traces the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-24-2009; Reasonable Approach to a Difficult Project; In the introduction, Gaddis sets the context for this book: the topic is not familiar to young people, and various students and others familiar with his scholarship wished for a much shorter, more easily digestible work on the entire...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-22-2009; Only partially successful; I picked up "The Cold War: a New History" on my way to an airport and read it over several days and several flights. As I tend to do, immediately after purchasing it I put a privacy cover over the book such that I couldn't myself see...; read full review | report as inappropriate