Images of The National Archives: Cold War

The Cold War tells the story of half a century of superpower confrontation from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book describes in chilling detail the military and ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that dominated the post-war landscape.

About the author

Stephen is a senior historian at The National Archives. He obtained his PhD from the Centre of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester and was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. During his time at The National Archives, Stephen completed a four-year secondment at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where he was responsible for editing three volumes of documents on British Policy Overseas, the official record of British foreign policy. Stephen is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Peer Review College. He has published a number of books and articles on the Cold War and has made regular media appearances to discuss record releases at The National Archives.

Summary

Includes information about: H bomb, Cambridge Spies, Protect and Survive (leaflet issued in 1963 and 1980 on how to survive a nuclear attack), Fall of the Berlin Wall, Glasnost.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Twigge
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781526739902
• ISBN: 978-1-5267-3990-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 190 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Illustrations: Black and white illustrations
• Series: Images of the The National Archives; Images of the the National Arc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Politics / Current Events