The Columbia Guide to the Cold War

by Michael Kort

Book Overview

The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history, and the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abrupt cessation, we have only begun to measure the effects of the Cold War on American, Soviet, post-Soviet, and international military strategy, economics, domestic policy, and popular culture. The Columbia Guide to the Cold War is the first in a series of guides to American history and culture that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231107722
• ISBN13: 9780231107723
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12