The Cold War

The Soviet Union used to be called "the Evil Empire." School children practiced "duck and cover" to prepare for nuclear attack. The space race wasn't just about exploration -- it was also about claiming superiority and looking for military advantage. What led to this state of relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union, and how did it end?

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The Cold War
  The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
       by Ronald E. Powaski
  We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
       by John Lewis Gaddis
  Fifteen Great Mistakes of the Cold War
       by James A. Huston, in World Affairs
  Closing Pandora's Box: Arms Races, Arms Control, and the History of the Cold War
       by Patrick Glynn
  Why the Cold War Ended: A Range of Interpretations
       edited by Ralph Summy & Michael E. Salla
  Still Seeing Red: How the Cold War Shapes the New American Politics
       by John Kenneth White

 

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