The Columbia Guide to the Cold War
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780231107730
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; c 1945 to c 1960; History; History - General History; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); USA; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); History / United States / General; United States - 20th Century
First sentence: The Cold War was the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century: It began as the guns of World War II, the most destructive war in human history, had barely fallen silent.