01179 a2200181 4500020001800000050002000018100002700038245007200065264003000137300001800167336002600185337002900211338002700240505047300267520021600740650001900956650002200975 a9780099135111 aD843b.WAL 1994 aWalker, Martineauthor aThe Cold War and the making of the modern world /cMartin J. Walker a London:bVintage,c 1994 axi, 404 pages 1textatxtbrdacontent 1unmediated anbrdamedia 1volumeancbrdacarrier a1945: Yalta to the bomb Containment The Cold War goes global and comes home New leaders and lost opportunities Spies in the sky: Sputnik to U-2 The torch has been passed The Cuban missile crisis The weary Titan Defeat in Asia: hope in Europe The death of dtÌŒente and the change of the western system The new Cold War Taking the enemy away Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War The year of miracles and its aftermath Superlosers Epilogue: transcending the nation state aMartin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and turns by a journalist who was a first-hand witness to its close. aWorld politics aCold Warx Europe