"Examines the Cold War and its impact on America, the Soviet Union, and the world. Features include narrative overviews of key events and trends, 100+ primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and subject index"--Provided by publisher.

The end of World War II and the descent of the Iron Curtain -- The Marshall plan and the Berlin airlift -- The Korean War -- McCarthyism and the "Red Menace" -- Behind the Curtain -- The Cold War heats up -- Mutual assured destruction -- The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- The Vietnam War -- Détante and "the China card" -- Proxy wars -- Reagan and Gorbachev : from Star Wars to Perestroika -- The collapse of the Soviet Empire -- Russia and the world in the post-Cold War era.