tailieunhanh - Cold War Biographies Volume 1: A-J

Sometimes single events alter the course of history; other times, a chain reaction of seemingly lesser occurrences changes the path of nations. The intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that emerged immediately after World War II (1939–45) followed the second pattern. Known as the Cold War, the rivalry grew out of mutual distrust between two starkly different societies: communist Soviet Union and the democratic West, which was led by the United States and included Western Europe | Cold War Biographies Cold War Biographies Volume 1 A-J Sharon M. Hanes and Richard C. Hanes Lawrence W. Baker Project Editor UXL THOMSON --- ---- GALE Detroit New York San Diego San Francisco Cleveland New Haven Conn. Waterville Maine London .