Wars of the Cold War
Subtitle: campaigns and conflicts, 1945-1990
By: David Stone.
Publisher: Brassey's; Distributed in North America by Casemate Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; Havertown, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Military history, Modern -- 20th century.; World politics -- 1945-1989.
Table of contents: title: 1945 : the foundations of conflict; title: Background to conflict : the age of the superpower; title: The nuclear dimension; title: The Cold War combatants; title: Europe : focus of conflict; title: The Korean War, 1950-3; title: Malaya, 1948-60; title: Indochina and Vietnam, 1946-54; title: Indochina and Vietnam, 1954-75; title: Towards armageddon : the Middle East, 1947-90; title: Dark deeds in the Dark Continent : Africa, 1952-90; title: The Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1979-89; title: The oil weapon and the first Gulf War, 1980-8; title: The triumph of capitalism; title: Legacy of conflict; title: "Shock and awe" in Iraq.