The Cold War
- ISBN-10
- 1510512829
- ISBN-13
- 9781510512825
- Series
- The Cold War
- Category
- Cold War
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-05
- Authors
- John Willis, Charles Piddock
Description
The Cold War was a conflict between the competing ideologies of communism and capitalism.
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