The Cold War: A New History
- ISBN-10
- 0143038273
- ISBN-13
- 9780143038276
- Series
- The Cold War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-12-26
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- John Lewis Gaddis
Description
Evaluates the second half of the twentieth century in light of its first fifty years, chronicling how the world transformed from a dark era of international communism and nuclear weapons to a time of political and economic freedom. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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