The Cold War: 1945-1991

How did we get from the end of the Cold War to Trump and Putin?

A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.

1945 was a chaotic year, both for the world and for Winston Churchill. Soon after the death of Roosevelt, Churchill arrived at the Potsdam Conference expecting to broker peace with Stalin and Truman, only to find himself unable to attend the final summit sessions following a notoriously lopsided General ...