{"product_id":"the-cold-war-a-world-history-odd-arne-westad","title":"The Cold War: A World History | Odd Arne Westad","description":"\u003cp\u003e720 pages | Basic Books | Paperback | 10.15.2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential history of the Cold War, from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin History of the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] big, serious, and thoroughly intelligent stud[y] of the cold war.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe think of the Cold War as a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. But in \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the war must be understood as a global confrontation, with roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStunning in its breadth and revelatory in its perspective, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e expands our understanding of the Cold War both geographically and chronologically, and offers a new history of how today's world was creased.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookspace Columbus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52005557207287,"sku":"THCLDWRWRLDHSTRY","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0435\/6299\/1768\/files\/TheColdWar-AWorldHistory.jpg?v=1793761438","url":"https:\/\/bookspacecolumbus.com\/products\/the-cold-war-a-world-history-odd-arne-westad","provider":"Bookspace Columbus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}