The real history of the Cold War : a new look at the past : Axelrod, Alan, 1952- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xi, 451 p. : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-439) 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