We now know : rethinking Cold War history A comprehensive comparative history of the Cold War: from its origins through to its most dangerous moment the Cuban Missile Crisis. Packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable international sources; it also reflects the findings of a new generation of historians. It also contains insights into the role of ideology democracy economics alliances and nuclear weapons as well as reinterpretations of t Stalin Truman Khruschev Mao Eisenhower and Kennedy