The Cold War
By: Ted Gottfried ; illustrated by Melanie Reim.
Contributors: Reim, Melanie, ill.
Series: The rise and fall of the Soviet Union
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Cold War -- Juvenile literature.; World politics -- 1945- -- Juvenile literature.; Cold War.; World politics.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991 -- Juvenile literature.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Focuses on Soviet politics in the period between the end of World War II and the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), known as the Cold War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: The opening round; title: The last days of Stalin; title: Beria and Malenkov; title: Khrushchev and Bulganin; title: Steps to a wall; title: The brink of war; title: The fall of Khrushchev; title: The Brezhnev era (1); title: The Brezhnev era (2); title: A dying leadership; title: Gorbachev and Chernobyl; title: The final days.