{"product_id":"the-cold-war-a-new-history-paperback","title":"The Cold War: A New History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lewis Gaddis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Outstanding . . . The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \"dean of Cold War historians\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e--from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGaddis is also the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Grand Strategy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lewis Gaddis\u003c\/b\u003e is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe United States and the Origins of the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStrategies of Containment\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Long Peace\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWe Now Know\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Landscape of History\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSurprise, Security, and the American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War: A New History\u003c\/i\u003e. Professor Gaddis teaches courses on Cold War history, grand strategy, international studies, and biography; has won two Yale undergraduate teaching awards; was a 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal; and is the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for \u003ci\u003eGeorge F. Kennan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.38 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52841615950048,"sku":"9780143038276","price":21.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/g8n_8whIlZ9780143038276.webp?v=1781195610","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cold-war-a-new-history-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}