The Cold War. A new history by John Lewis Gaddis.
A zippingly concise little history of the Cold War. Written for students in college who were born after the fall of the Berlin Wall. For the rest of us a swift journey through the old post war world.
I loved the concise nature of it, learned more about the role and impact of the Middle East and the nature of Soviet politics.
A good intelligent summer read.
A few of the things that stood out.
Nikita Krushchev was obsessed with American culture and kept trying to have summits in the USA.
Jimmy Carter increased the ammount of nuclear weapons.
Ronald Reagan decreased the ammount of nuclear weapons.
The first George Bush was really pretty pointless
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