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The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History (Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Nuclear War, Soviet Union, Communism, Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost)

The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History (Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Nuclear War, Soviet Union, Communism, Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost)

Jelle Peters
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THE COLD WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS LEADERS AND HEROES

The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History, is a short history of the global, ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that divided the world, brought us to the moon and the brink of nuclear war.
The book starts with the scramble for Europe, the once rich and powerful continent that is up for grabs in the wake of the most devastating war in human history. In the later stages of the Second World War, the Russians, having stopped the Nazi onslaught at Stalingrad against incredible cost, slowly but certainly moved west, 'liberating' Eastern Europe, while the Western Allies, led by the United States, moved in on the Third Reich from southern Italy and northern France, liberating Western Europe.
Even before the war was over, both superpowers started looting the dying Third Reich's V2 rockets, V2 parts and German scientists. The highly advanced German rocket technology would come to play a pivotal role in the early stages of the cold war, with both sides racing to develop missiles that could reach the other's heartland. That in turn led to another race, the one for supremacy in space, which would rage from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s.
In discussing the Space Race, we take a look at:
• How the V2 helped the Americans and Russians into space
• The developments that led to Sputnik
• The early space pioneers
• The moon shot

Before long, the missile race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R also led to dangerous tension, when the Soviets stationed nuclear-armed medium range missiles on Cuba.
In discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis, we take a look at:
• Why did Soviet leader Khrushchev take the risk of deploying nuclear missiles on Cuba, knowing the Americans would almost certainly find out and could not possibly let it stand?
• What was discussed by President Kennedy’s so-called Executive Committee, a.k.a. ExComm, his core team throughout the crisis?
• Why was Kennedy especially worried about the ’Submarine Surfacing and Identification Procedures’ as formulated by the Department of Defense?
• And who decided not to push the button?

Finally, we take a look at why communism failed, what Russian leader Gorbachev meant when he talked about Perestroika and Glasnost, and why he refused to intervene in the revolutions of 1989 in Poland, Hungary and East Germany, when the people there revolted against their communist governments.
The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History, draws from several primary sources and was published earlier in World 2.0: A History from Enlightenment to Terrorism and Beyond, by the same author .


If you are looking for a compelling read about the history of the cold war, this book is for you.




Get your copy now.
Language
English
Pages
65
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Odyssea Publishing
Release
July 25, 2016

The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History (Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Nuclear War, Soviet Union, Communism, Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost)

Jelle Peters
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
THE COLD WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS LEADERS AND HEROES

The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History, is a short history of the global, ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that divided the world, brought us to the moon and the brink of nuclear war.
The book starts with the scramble for Europe, the once rich and powerful continent that is up for grabs in the wake of the most devastating war in human history. In the later stages of the Second World War, the Russians, having stopped the Nazi onslaught at Stalingrad against incredible cost, slowly but certainly moved west, 'liberating' Eastern Europe, while the Western Allies, led by the United States, moved in on the Third Reich from southern Italy and northern France, liberating Western Europe.
Even before the war was over, both superpowers started looting the dying Third Reich's V2 rockets, V2 parts and German scientists. The highly advanced German rocket technology would come to play a pivotal role in the early stages of the cold war, with both sides racing to develop missiles that could reach the other's heartland. That in turn led to another race, the one for supremacy in space, which would rage from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s.
In discussing the Space Race, we take a look at:
• How the V2 helped the Americans and Russians into space
• The developments that led to Sputnik
• The early space pioneers
• The moon shot

Before long, the missile race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R also led to dangerous tension, when the Soviets stationed nuclear-armed medium range missiles on Cuba.
In discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis, we take a look at:
• Why did Soviet leader Khrushchev take the risk of deploying nuclear missiles on Cuba, knowing the Americans would almost certainly find out and could not possibly let it stand?
• What was discussed by President Kennedy’s so-called Executive Committee, a.k.a. ExComm, his core team throughout the crisis?
• Why was Kennedy especially worried about the ’Submarine Surfacing and Identification Procedures’ as formulated by the Department of Defense?
• And who decided not to push the button?

Finally, we take a look at why communism failed, what Russian leader Gorbachev meant when he talked about Perestroika and Glasnost, and why he refused to intervene in the revolutions of 1989 in Poland, Hungary and East Germany, when the people there revolted against their communist governments.
The Cold War: The Non-War That Changed World History, draws from several primary sources and was published earlier in World 2.0: A History from Enlightenment to Terrorism and Beyond, by the same author .


If you are looking for a compelling read about the history of the cold war, this book is for you.




Get your copy now.
Language
English
Pages
65
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Odyssea Publishing
Release
July 25, 2016

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