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The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind

Martin Sixsmith

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#3470 of 3,809 books · #1079 in History

Shortlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction (2023).

More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts, and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering personalities like Khrushchev, Kennedy and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping account of fear itself - and in today's uncertain times, it is more resonant than ever.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-13
9781782833826
Genre
History
Topics
Cold WarPolitical psychologyUS-Soviet relations

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