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The Cold War

And the Making of the Modern World

Martin Walker

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English
Vintage
01 November 1994
An expert and engaging account of the impact of the Cold War on the modern global economy.

Martin 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. Immaculately researched, drawing upon both the

vast of historical literature that has been produced over the

years as well as previously-closed contemporary Kremlin archives, this is an authoritative account of one of the most signficant conflicts of the 20th century.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   288g
ISBN:   9780099135111
ISBN 10:   0099135116
Pages:   416
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Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Martin Walker is the Senior Director of the Global Business Policy Council and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of United Press International. For 25 years he worked for the Guardian, holding the position of bureau chief in Moscow and Washington DC, and appeared as a regular commentator for CNN-TV. His pioneering work on Gorbachev and perestroika, The Walking Giant, was translated into ten languages. Educated as a historian in Oxford and Harvard, he was born into the Cold War and had a ringside seat at its close. He interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher and George Bush, attended the great summits of the 1980s, and researched this book in Moscow, Prague, Tokyo, London and Washington. A published novelist and poet, Martin Walker has also written books on the world's press and on right-wing politics in Britain.

Reviews for The Cold War: And the Making of the Modern World

It reads like a thriller...a gripping chronicle of the second half of our century -- Vitali Vitaliev * European * A thoughtful, thought-provoking book, which any foreign correspondent would be proud to have written -- Charles Wheeler * Literary Review * Walker's book is eminently readable. He tells an exciting story well, combining his journalistic skills with extensive research * Times Educational Supplement *


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