Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the authors. A comprehensive overview essay, plus separate essays on the causes and consequences of the conflict, will provide readers with the. Cold war 1945 1989 up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity at this site. The decadeslong cold war 19471989 between the united states and the soviet union was so named because the two global powers never came to direct blows. But i think this, an early one, is the most effective. Capitalist society and wanted to stop global spread of communism. Cold war abc book example 1 by timothy stolte on prezi.
Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Books about cold war 1945 1989 what should i read next. During the cold war, the united states and the soviet union never. This subject file focuses on the history of the cold war, a strategic and ideological conflict that opposed the western bloc, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union, from 1945 to 1989.
Will the delta squad or the aztec force will conquer supreme. After world war ii the united states and the soviet union were the superpowers of the world. Tensions increased in the aftermath of world war ii when the united states dropped the atom bomb and russian forces took over eastern europe. I do not suggest that europe, before the cold war, was in any way, politically or culturally, united. Under kwame nkrumahs leadership ghana became a prominent international player in the various movements created in the ideological space between the us and ussr during the cold war. Youll learn the language that you need to know to discuss cold war history and politics knowledgeably and intelligently. Although there was no direct confrontation between the two powers, the conflict was to lead the world to the brink of nuclear war. The second cold war also called the new cold war, cold war ii or renewed great power competition nonprimary source needed is a term used to describe a post cold war era of political and military tension between opposing geopolitical power blocs, with one bloc typically reported as being led by either russia or china and the other led by the united states, european. The cold war is the term used to define the period between the end of world war ii in 1945 and the ultimate collapse of the soviet union and its satellite states in 1991. The decolonization of subsaharan africa from the late 1950s to the mid1970s resulted in several proxy cold war confrontations between the united states and the soviet union over the dozens of newly independent, nonaligned nations. To complete this project as a digital book, i suggest either using powerpoint, or microsoft publisher to. Among these movements were those dedicated to afroasian. This hostility between the two superpowers was first given its name by george orwell in an article published in 1945. The nuclear scare spread throughout the world, and people feared another war would be inevitable.
New books about the cold war twentyfive years after the fall of the soviet union, new books explore what we have yet to learn from the cold war. The period of tension that existed between them came to be known as the cold war. Students enjoy doing this because they get to see what happened, rather than just hear about it. The cold war comes to africa, as guinea gains its independence the former french colony of guinea declares its independence on october 2, 1958, with sekou toure as the new nations first leader. Kim philby, byname of harold adrian russell philby, born january 1, 1912, ambala, indiadied may 11, 1988, moscow, russia, u. Meanwhile, beginning in 1947, the house unamerican activities committee brought the cold war home in another way. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, the daily beast sorts through the best new and old books on the cold war. Read a brief overview of the historical period, or longer summaries of major events. He is the author of numerous books, including on grand strategy, the united states and the origins of the cold war, 19411947 1972. When e eu tried to break from warsaw pact, gorbachev allowed free elections and sovereignty.
The 80s brought their own special sauce to movies about the cold war with premises that were hilarious and almost unbelievable. Although the conflict did not result in actual war between the two countries, it. The term cold war was for the first time used by bernard baruch, an american statesman, but was popularized by prof. The congo, decolonization, and the cold war, 19601965. Secretly plucked a soviet submarine from the ocean floor using a giant claw the international spy museum details the audacious plan that involved a reclusive. Alternatively, watch this nineminute explainer video for an overview of the cold. He used it for describing the tense situation which had come to develop between the u. The cold war was a period of increased tensions and competition for global influence between the united states that lasted from approximately 1945 until 1991.
Cold war abc book a arms race the soviet union and the united states raced to build the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon. A critical appraisal of postwar american national security 1982. After world war ii, joseph stalin saw the world as divided into two camps. Peter savodnik, time lucas is a fine writer, and his prose has all the verve and punch that the best of his magazine, the economist, has to offer. The cold war comes to africa, as guinea gains its independence.
This post is a comprehensive timeline of the cold war, from the origins of the russianamerican conflict following world war two to the final dissolution of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall at the end of the 20th century. In 1947, president harry truman also spoke of two diametrically opposed systems. Both sides in the cold war used spies as a way of acquiring knowledge of what the other was doing or to spread false knowledge of what one side was doing. In the world maztwo the delta and aztec squads battle to the death for ownership of that city. This book traces the course of the cold war from yalta in 1945 through the korean war, the kennedykhrushchev confrontations, vietnam, the new cold war during the reagan administration, the advent of glasnost and perestroika under gorbachev and the year of miracles 1989. Started opening the iron curtain and was one of the reasons the cold war ended. Politicalideological differences and opposed views on social and economic policies made the usa and ussr adopt a policy of intense and. Abc book of the cold war by christina daly on prezi. Find out in the first book of the cold war keywords.
Abcs of the cold war book by confessions of a teaching. The cold war was an ongoing political rivalry between the united states and the soviet union and their respective allies that developed after world war ii. They became rivals as they each sought to prevent the other from gaining too much power. Rekindled the cold war after detente, a peaceful period, ultimately helping the demise of the soviet union. B berlin airlift allies used planes to send those in.
They really enjoy looking at the images of the cold war. The spy who came in from the cold by john le carre any of le carres cold war novels could have made the cut. Q quaint the cold war touched the entire planet, even the regions most quaint. Glasnost was open, democratic free expression and perestroika was private enterprise. The section the division of germany shows that germany soon became a battleground of the cold war, particularly with the imposition of a total blockade of the western sectors of berlin by the ussr, the allied airlift, and the division of the country into the federal republic of germany frg and the german democratic republic gdr. R reagan the president of the united states during the soviet unions spiral downward. Andrew bacevichs latest book poses penetrating questions that transcend its title. It was the seat and source of two devastating world wars. Students compile their research into either a digital book or a physical scrapbook. The cold war pitted east against west, pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war. The essential reference guide is intended to introduce students to the tensions between the soviet union and the united states that dominated international affairs in the second half of the 20th century.
There is a new cold war but it is more threatening than the old one because russia is so much weaker, and because of that much more dangerous and unpredictable, lt. It was the seat of rival imperialisms which extended over the globe. Get ready to write your paper on the cold war 19451963. The protatgonists in the cold war were the west, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union. The cambridge history of the cold war is a comprehensive, international history of the conflict that dominated world politics in the twentieth century.
A new history by john lewis gaddis, command and control. Cold war unveiled takes you through the events and happenings of the half century confrontation between the united states and the soviet union known as the cold war. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace. The trailblazing women who ran britains most extraordinary military hospital during world war i wendy moore. Spies could become double agents and the whole story has. The struggle between communism and capitalism defined the second half of the 20th century. The division of germany the cold war 19451989 cvce. How america squandered its cold war victory metropolitan books, 256 pp. The threevolume series, written by leading international experts in the field, elucidates how the cold war evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic, and sociopolitical environment. The new cold war is intelligent and thoughtful the first comprehensive compendium of the kremlins crimes against russians and nonrussians alike. Doc nkrumah, the cold war, the third world, and the us. Continue your study of the cold war 19451963 with these useful links. Both superpowers engaged in a variety of contests against each other, including military brinkmanship and proxy wars in smaller countries to spread their ideologies.
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