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Keychain explosives, poison-tipped umbrellas, mighty atom bombs and mutilating Napalm gas - and that's just scratching the surface! Welcome to the Cold War: one of the deadliest, craftiest, and most intriguing conflicts in modern history. Running down the Cold War timeline from start to finish, and showing how East-West tensions live on today (cue Bush versus Putin…), this easy-to-follow guide explains all the bloody invasions, propaganda, and political backstabbing from a global perspective, so you're sure to get the full story. Covering everything from the Berlin Blockade and the Vietnam War, to the Space Race, spies, Red-baiting, and Polonium-210, The Cold War For Dummies is all you need to understand the politics, origins, and legacy of this unique stand-off. The Cold War For Dummies covers: Part I The Isms Chapter 1. Adam Smith v Karl Marx Chapter 2. Lenin and the Russian Revolution Chapter 3. The Thirties Chapter 4. Right v Left in the Second World War Part II A Freezing Cold War 1946-1964 Chapter 5. Allies fall out 1946-56 Chapter 6. China and Korea Chapter 7. Atoms and Agents Chapter 8. Eyeball to Eyeball Chapter 9. The fridge or the tractor? Competing cultures Part III Can we cool this Cold War? 1965-1985 Chapter 10. Vietnam Chapter 11. My enemy's enemy - China and Russia fall out Chapter 12. Springtime for Brezhnev Chapter 13. All shades of red Chapter 14. Mr Reagan's Empire Chapter 15. The Russians are coming! Cold War culture Part IV Was that it? 1985-2008 Chapter 16. Mr Gorbachev and his Interesting Ideas Chapter 17. 1989 and All That Chapter 18. Yugoslavia Chapter 19. No Change in China? Chapter 20. Just like old times, eh, Mr Bush and Mr Putin? Part V The Part of Tens Chapter 21. Ten Cold War spies Ch