The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0198859546
- ISBN-13
- 9780198859543
- Series
- The Cold War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-02-25
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Robert J. McMahon
Description
Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.
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Other editions
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- 2004
- 694 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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- 1998
- 356 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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