The Fifty-Year Wound

The Fifty-Year Wound
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Publisher : Back Bay Books
Total Pages : 784
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ISBN-10 : 0316164968
ISBN-13 : 9780316164962
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Book Synopsis The Fifty-Year Wound by : Derek Leebaert

Download or read book The Fifty-Year Wound written by Derek Leebaert and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifty-Year Wound is the first cohesively integrated history of the Cold War, one replete with important lessons for today. Drawing upon literature, strategy, biography, and economics -- plus an inside perspective from the intelligence community -- Derek Leebaert explores what Americans sacrificed at the same time that they achieved the longest great-power peace since Rome fell. Why did they commit so much in wealth and opportunity with so little sustained complaint? Why did the conflict drag on for decades? What did the Cold War do to the country, and how? What was lost while victory was gained? Leebaert has uncovered an astonishing array of never-published documents and information, including major revelations about American covert operations and Soviet military activities. He has found, in the shadows of one of this century's great, epic stories, the sort of details and explanations that hit with the force of a lightning bolt and will change forever the way we think about our past.


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