Cold War

Cold War was international affairs for the second half of the 20th century. Nuclear weapons testing, civil wars in all corners of the globe and the race for economic dominance were all key spheres of the Cold War, although they were just a few elements of an intriguing global puzzle. More so than the great battles between Carthage and Rome in Ancient times or the Napoleonic Wars, the Cold War defined our world. But, there was one key difference between the Cold War and earlier major wars.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

1. Berlin: The Lines Have Been Drawn
2. Stemming the Tide of Communism in East Asia
3. Ronald Reagan and the Evil Empire
4. Star Wars: The Biggest Bluff in History
5. The Cold War Comes to a Close
6. And much, much more!

In the wake of World War I, as the political boundaries of Europe and the Middle East were redrawn, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, initially known as the Kingdom of Serbs and there was almost constant tension between the majority Serbs and the other Yugoslav nationalities, especially the Croats.

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