Empires Lost: Cold War Memoir

What was the Cold War, and are we on the verge of another, or worse?

I was born amidst the Nazi V-1 and V-2 raids on London and Croydon, England, during WWII. My mother, father and I survived that worldwide conflict and settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1945. That year saw the end of one war and the beginning of another: the Cold War between old Allies in the Eastern and Western Blocs, between Communism and Capitalism.

Two of the first to recognize the dangers of that new conflict were the auth...