{"product_id":"9780141025322-the-cold-war","title":"The Cold War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning. In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis's \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003etakes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate; how close we came to nuclear catastrophe; what was really going on in the minds of leaders from Stalin to Mao Zedong, Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev, how secret agents plotted and East German holidaymakers helped the Berlin Wall fall. It is a story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Gripping'\u003cbr\u003e  Len Deighton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Superb . brimful of racy incident'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A lively and readable history'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Force 9 on the Richter scale'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Lewis Gaddis \u003c\/b\u003eis the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, and 'the dean of cold war historians' (The New York Times). He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSecurity and the American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, the book recently pressed on his cabinet and senior security staff by President Bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30351093366881,"sku":"9780141025322","price":12.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32391614.jpg?v=1737218698","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141025322-the-cold-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}