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The"deanofColdWarhistorians"(TheNewYorkTimes)nowpresentsthedefinitiveaccountoftheglobalconfrontationthatdominatedthelasthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Drawingonnewlyopenedarchivesandthereminiscencesofthemajorplayers,JohnLewisGaddisexplainsnotjustwhathappenedbutwhy—fromthemonthsin1945whentheU.S.andtheU.S.S.R.wentfromalliancetoantagonismtothebarelyavertedholocaustoftheCubanMissileCrisistothemaneuversofNixonandMao,ReaganandGorbachev.Brilliant,accessible,almostShakespeareaninitsdrama,TheColdWarstandsasatriumphantsummationoftheerathat,morethananyother,shapedourown.