Cold War

This title describes the long stand-off between America and Russia and their allies between 1945 and 1990.The author charts the events of the Cold War, from the development of the Iron Curtain to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and its aftermath.

It examines communism and capitalism and profiles key world leaders, such as Gorbachev and Kennedy, and details the space race, spies and satellites, nuclear weapons, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Korean War.