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Overview

The newest entry in Alan Axelrod’s engaging, successful Real History series—and the only current illustrated book on a misunderstood and mysterious topic.

From the fall of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a cold war raged between the US and the Soviet Union. Though not a shot was fired, the hostility between the two superpowers threatened the globe with nuclear annihilation. Axelrod reveals the intriguing, suspenseful true story behind this globe-spanning battle of wills, and as always, he’s created a study that’s authoritative, comprehensive, and a pleasure to read. Judiciously, incisively, he probes the pivotal events of the era: the Marshall Plan; the iron curtain; the ...

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Overview

The newest entry in Alan Axelrod’s engaging, successful Real History series—and the only current illustrated book on a misunderstood and mysterious topic.

From the fall of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a cold war raged between the US and the Soviet Union. Though not a shot was fired, the hostility between the two superpowers threatened the globe with nuclear annihilation. Axelrod reveals the intriguing, suspenseful true story behind this globe-spanning battle of wills, and as always, he’s created a study that’s authoritative, comprehensive, and a pleasure to read. Judiciously, incisively, he probes the pivotal events of the era: the Marshall Plan; the iron curtain; the Berlin airlift; the Cuban missile crisis; the rise and fall of Joesph McCarthy; the Korean War; the Vietnam War; the arms race. Rarely seen illustrations, detail-packed sidebars, maps, stats, quotes, alternate takes, and “reality checks” to popular myths make this a work general readers will turn to and enjoy.

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Axelrod (Profiles in Audacity) has written dozens of books on all kinds of historical subjects, from Elizabeth I to George Patton, and it's not clear how he finds the time. Although readers may be a bit nervous about any book that proclaims itself to be a "real history," this latest Axelrod outing is nevertheless pretty good. Tracing the history of the Cold War, beginning with its inception after World War II, Axelrod treats the reader to a sprightly narrative replete with numerous sidebars, photographs, and maps. Sprinkled throughout are brief biographical vignettes of the major (and some minor) actors in this multidecade contest. A tidy chronology and bare-bones bibliography help guide the uninitiated to understand the basic issues surrounding what must be considered one of the major historical challenges of the 20th century. VERDICT Axelrod ably charts a reliable and nicely marked path through the many twists and turns of the Cold War story, and for most readers other than advanced students and specialists his guidance will be welcome.—Ed Goedeken, Univ. of Iowa Lib., Ames

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781402763021
  • Publisher: Sterling
  • Publication date: 12/1/2009
  • Pages: 464
  • Sales rank: 372,607
  • Series: Real History Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.80 (w) x 8.80 (h) x 1.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Alan Axelrod is the author of more than 60 books, including the best-sellers Profiles in Audacity (Sterling, 2007); Patton on Leadership (Prentice Hall Press, 2001); Elizabeth I, CEO (Prentice Hall, 2000); and What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation (with Charles Phillips). He has appeared on MSNBC, The Discovery Channel, CNN, Fox, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including NPR. Axelrod and his work have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, and many newspapers, including USA Today.

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  • Posted February 23, 2010

    Very Good Book until....

    Alan Axelrod's "History of the Cold War" is a story told that every Baby Boomer should find interesting. After all it (Cold War) dominated the majority of the lives of those of us who were born shortly after WW II. It may not have been on our collective minds 24 hours a day but it was the background landscape on which we played as children, grew to adolescence, became educated, developed philosophies, raised our own families, and so on. The Cold War was just sort of accepted as a fact of life and an inevitable "Sword of Damocles" in the form of a mushroom cloud hanging over our heads at all times. No doubt it influenced us in ways we are yet to understand.

    Axelrod's book is a good primer in laying out the important events and consequences of those events. It is very readible and he makes good use of interesting sidebars and illustrations throughout the book. It is pretty much an intersting dissertation of facts up until chapter 13 when the author chooses to pass judgement about the character and personal motivations of people involved in the "Red Scare" era. His sympathy for Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs, and disdain for those who pursued them and others belie the atmosphere of the period and places the author in that all too familiar classification of Monday morning quarterbackers. Ridiculing "McCarthyism" without a balanced evaluation of those he accused smells more of politics than historical writing.

    Aside from that and a bit of poor proofreading (typos) the book is worth the read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2010

    Memory Enhancement

    I found this book an easy-to-read review of history during my lifetime. It was enlightening to learn new facts about events which impacted my personal memories.

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