For half of the twentieth century, the Cold War gripped the world.
Now comes a definitive account, a startlingly fresh, clear eyed, comprehensive history of our century\'s longest struggle..
Here indeed is a subject that defies easy understanding.
Even today, much of the world\'s diplomacy grapples with chaos created by the Cold War\'s sudden disappearance.
International relations everywhere--and domestic policy in scores of nations--pivoted around this central point, the American-Soviet rivalry.
For half of the twentieth century, the Cold War gripped the world