History for busy people. The Cold War: History in an Hour gives a brilliant overview of the unusual and non-violent war between East and West that lasted nearly fifty years.
From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the world lived within the shadow of the Cold War. Russia and America eyed each other with suspicion and hostility. World War Two was too recent to be forgotten and a nuclear Third World War remained a distinct possibility. Post-war Europe was being rebuilt and Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt had to find a way to work together for peace.
The Cold War: History in an Hour will help you understand the dynamics of the politics of the time and how Europe and the rest of the world rebuilt themselves after World War Two.
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Reader reviews:
“If anyone’s doing history A2 and has an iPhone/iPod touch, download the app ‘the cold war in an hour‘ it’s pretty damn goooooood!”
“I really, really enjoyed reading it, learnt quite a lot, and am keen to pick up more of these books. The tagline “history for busy people” fits me perfectly, and with each book only about £1, there’s no excuse not to brush up on some more topics.” MrsChristine.com
“A great refresher on what I half remembered from a-levels – nice to have pictures to look at on the new Kindle too. Would recommend.”
“Brilliant, well thought out introduction to the Cold War. If you find massive history books a little intimidating then this is a perfect solution.”
“Read this in about an hour and sure enough I now feel as if I have an idea of what the Cold War was about. Good writing too – you read one bit and want to read the next. Excellent stuff!”
“I really enjoyed this. I looked at some other apps out there on the cold war but plumped for this one. (One competitor wanted me to pay for a collection of wikipedia pages – I don’t think so). I liked the writing style – very readable and accessible. Layout was clear and the ebook flows in a logical, easy-to-follow manner. By the time my train journey was over I genuinely felt more knowledgeable. Good stuff, I look forward to other titles coming out.”
“Does what it says – provides a concise overview of the Cold War that can be read in an hour.”
“Stuck at Gatwick and wanted something to read while I waited. Now (at 31 years) I have a better understanding of the Cold War which I never did before. Brilliant idea, and so many other areas that could be condensed into an hour’s read.”
- The End of the Second World War: Apocalypse
- The Beginning of the Cold War: The Freeze
- Three Speeches: “An iron curtain has descended.”
- The Marshall Plan: “Communism cannot be stopped in Europe”
- Berlin: “You cannot abandon this city and this people”
- The Bomb “MAD.”
- The Korean War: Hot War
- American anti-communism: ‘Reds Under the Bed.’
- Stalin’s Final Years: “I’m finished, I don’t even trust myself.”
- Khrushchev: “Different roads to socialism.”
- Space Wars: ‘Flopnik’
- The Berlin Wall: “Berlin is the testicles of the West.”
- The Cuban Missile Crisis: “We’ll all meet together in Hell.”
- The Vietnam War: Unwinnable
- Rebellion: 1968
- Nixon: ‘Vietnamization’
- China, America and the Soviet Union: ‘Ping-pong diplomacy.’
- The Decline of Detente: ’Lennonism, not Leninism.‘
- Afghanistan: ’The Soviet Vietnam.’
- The Polish Pope and Solidarity: “The last nails in the coffin of communism.”
- The Ex-Actor: “Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.”
- Gorbachev: “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
- 1989: “Time to yield power.”
- The End of the USSR: “The threat of a world war is no more.”