The A to Z of the Cold War

The current obsession with international terrorism has dimmed our collective memory. It was only 14 years ago the Soviet Union collapsed and historians were declaring that such an unexpected and tumultuous event could only herald “the end of history”. Many would argue that it was the global bipartite control of the two superpowers – the USA and the Soviet Union – during the Cold War era which kept the forces of terrorism in check. An interested reader of history who would like to learn more about the Cold War would be well served by reading A to Z of the...