How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America

by Jon Wiener

Book Overview

Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to portray the conflict as a triumph of good over evil and a defeat of totalitarianism equal in significance to World War II. In this provocative book, historian Jon Wiener visits Cold War monuments, museums, and memorials across the United States to find out how the era is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520282213
• ISBN13: 9780520282216
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"