Russia, America, and the Cold War, 1949-1991Using a chronological framework Martin McCauley sets all the events of the Cold War period into their full global context: taking in the Korean War, the Hungarian Revolution, the Cuban crisis, Afghanistan, and, finally, the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
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DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS | 12 |
19531969 | 21 |
The Middle East | 28 |
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