The Cold War - A New Oral History

Informationen zum Autor Bridget Kendall was foreign correspondent for the BBC in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Formerly the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, she is now the first female master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. Klappentext In this meticulously researched account, Bridget Kendall explores the Cold War through the eyes of those who experienced it first-hand. Alongside in-depth analysis that explains the historical and political context, the book draws on exclusive interviews with individuals who lived through the conflict's key events, offering a variety of perspectives that reveal how the Cold War was experienced by ordinary people. Zusammenfassung The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history.

Product details

• Authors: Bridge Kendall, Bridget Kendall, Kendall Bridget, Phi Tinline, Phil Tinline, Martin Williams
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2018
• EAN: 9781785942600
• ISBN: 978-1-78594-260-0
• No. of pages: 672
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: BBC BOOKS; BBC Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History; USA, Oral History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, United States of America, USA, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Nuclear weapons, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Marxism & Communism, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Warsaw Pact, Eastern bloc