The Cold War: History in an Hour
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Rupert Colley
About this listen
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the world lived within the shadow of the Cold War. Russia and America eyed each other with suspicion and hostility. World War Two was too recent to be forgotten and a nuclear Third World War remained a distinct possibility. Post-war Europe was being rebuilt and Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt had to find a way to work together for peace.
The Cold War: History in an Hour will help you understand the dynamics of the politics of the time and how Europe and the rest of the world rebuilt themselves after World War Two.
©2012 Rupert Colley (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedListeners also enjoyed...
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‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past’ Dominic Sandbrook
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- Siobhan Murphy
- 10-05-15
Excellent book
I love this series and this is one of my favourites. Great narration and excellent overview
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- Dermot C
- 27-02-19
A brief but interesting hour on the cold war
Concrete and divisive in nature - It does an excellent job in summing up the almost 50 years of tensions between the aforementioned Nations and the ideological view points assumed
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- Riff
- 09-09-16
A great potted history
What did you like most about The Cold War: History in an Hour?
The story is presented neatly and concisely, with some reasonable analysis. Well structured chronologically it gives a great overview to a somewhat overlooked period in recent history.
Who was your favorite character and why?
As a history there are no "characters" per se nor favourites.
What about Jonathan Keeble’s performance did you like?
His delivery is somewhat staccato which works well for this kind of history.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Origins and Consequences
Any additional comments?
Analysis was somewhat lacking - whist insightful when it was made, there could have been much more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-08-18
Compact but well structured
Brief. but well structured and neatly compact. A great overview of all the mini-conflicts going on throughout the Cold War as well.
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- kobayashimaru 85
- 29-12-16
A headlines story of the cold war
not for someone with a good knowledge of the cold war but great as an intro
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- Rick Da-Ruler
- 08-09-19
nice
was very interesting it got a bit being towards to middle but unstuck it through to the end
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- Jo
- 22-10-19
Amazing content for this hourly series
The 'History in an Hour' series is wonderful for anyone wanting to dip their toe into a subject for a great price. However, don't be fooled by them only being an hour long, I have many episodes of the series and each one I have listened to so far is packed with information on the relevant subject, and, is a great primer to explore the each subject further. Worth every penny.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-06-16
Disgusting amount of bias
Reeks of pro-capitalist bias. Breezes over Nixon and the involvement of Bolivia and worst of all seems to make excuses for USA war crimes in Vietnam. By all means avoid an audiobook with Pro-Soviet bias too. Find one without any bias and learn the facts. But by any means you can, avoid this unless you enjoy your history filtered though red, white and blue. History has no agenda. But this book sure does.
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- TheNameless
- 20-04-19
Too much to cover
Its just not possible to cover the Cold War properly in 87 minutes. While RC makes a decent attempt at listing major events, he doesn't come close to the complexity of the situation.
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