The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history and the definingevent of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abruptcessatio... » 

The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history and the definingevent of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abruptcessation we have only begun to measure the effects of the Cold War onAmerican Soviet postSoviet and international military strategy economicsdomestic policy and popular culture. The Columbia Guide to the Cold War is thefirst in a series of guides to American history and culture that will offer awealth of interpretive information in different formats to students scholarsand general readers alike. This reference contains narrative essays on keyevents and issues and also features an AtoZ encyclopedia a concisechronology and an annotated resource section listing books articles filmsnovels web sites and CDROMs on Cold War themes. «