The Cold War

by Ted Gottfried

The rise and fall of communism in the Soviet Union was a key event of the twentieth century. Spanning nine decades from the reign of the tsars through the overthrow of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, it is a tale of oppression, rebellion, terror, and betrayal. It is the chronicle of a dream that failed, of a utopian vision turned to ashes. In The Cold War, the last of a four-book series covering the history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761325603
• ISBN13: 9780761325604
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12