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A Beginner's Guide
Merrilyn Thomas
ISBN: 9781851686803
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
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For nearly half a century the world was divided in two, wrenched apart by superpowers that perceived the nations of the world only as either capitalist or communist. The Cold War was a battle not of weapons but rather of minds, fought by intelligence agencies and covert government envoys, while propaganda machines worked behind the scenes to create the illusion of a constant threat of conspiracy and treason. In The Cold War…
This guide exposes the reality behind the war between capitalism and communism, two ideologies divided by the Iron Curtain. New revelations show that what was once regarded as simply a struggle between good and evil was in fact a far more complex affair. Merrilyn Thomas peels back the layers of deception and intrigue and offers a penetrating assessment of the legacy of instability that continues today.
| ISBN | 1851686800 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781851686803
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 213 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Series title | Beginner's Guides | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 01 Aug 2009 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 909.825 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 204 | |
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| | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | Communism and capitalism | | 6 | | 2 | | Propaganda, plots and bombs | | 17 | | 3 | | The freeze: from the Second World War to the division of Europe | | 30 | | 4 | | The thaw: detente in Europe | | 51 | | 5 | | Confrontation: the end of the Cold War in Europe | | 68 | | 6 | | Cuba and Latin America | | 86 | | 7 | | Asia | | 102 | | 8 | | The Middle East | | 119 | | 9 | | Africa | | 135 | | | | Conclusion: echoes of the Cold War | | 151 | | | | Chronology | | 156 | | | | Notes | | 160 | | | | Bibliography | | 173 | | | | Index | | 179 |
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