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The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace
By Chamberlin, Paul Thomas
- ISBN
- 9780062367204 9780062367228
- Publisher
- Harper
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Reviewed on August 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Chamberlin (history, Columbia Univ.; The Global Offensive) convincingly shows that the Cold War (1945–90) was neither cold nor solely a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Twenty million people were killed in bloodbaths that placed political ideology and religious fundamentalism above citizens' welfare, as emerging third-world nations sought independence from former colonial empires. The au...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
