This concise historical narrative by a prize-winning Cold War historian covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book analyzes the Cold War as the primary event and framework that dominated American thought and action for half a century.
About the Author
Fraser J. Harbutt is Associate Professor of History at Emory University. He is the prize-winning author of The Iron Curtain: Churchill, America, and the Origins of the Cold War (1986).
Features
Concise introductory overview of the entire Cold War Era by a prize-winning Cold War historian.
Explores the relationship between a conservative political structure and a radicalized popular culture.
Examines the impact of Cold War diplomacy on everyday American life.
