The decades-long Cold War was more than a bipolar conflict between two Superpowers-it had implications for the entire world. In this accessible; comprehensive retelling; Carole K. Fink provides new insights and perspectives on key events with an emphasis on people; power; and ideas. Cold War goes beyond US-USSR relations to explore the Cold War from an international perspective; including developments in Africa; Asia; and Latin America. Fink also offers a broader time line of the Cold War than any other text; charting the lead-up to the conflict from the Russian Revolution to World War II and discussing the aftermath of the Cold War up to the present day. The second edition reflects the latest research and scholarship and offers additional information about the post-Cold War period; including the "new Cold War" with Russia. For today's students and history buffs; Cold War is the consummate book on this complex conflict.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A reasonable start to begin an understanding of the role ...By Vic GalfanoA reasonable start to begin an understanding of the role of Kentucky in the Civil War. Leaves the reader with the desire to do further research.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy jeff emoreBeing that I am from Ky; it helped me understand what ky's perspective was during the civil war.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Concise but InformativeBy Ky. Col.First of all I should note that I read an older hardcover edition of this book so I cannot comment on the physcial quality of the paperback.In "The Civil War in Kentucky"; Harrison presents readers a concise but informative overview of the conflict in the bluegrass state. Kentucky was strategically vital for both north and south. Most of the state's population was pro-slavery yet conversely anti-secessionist. Harrison briskly covers the tenuous netrality of 1861 as politicians and propagandists struggled to tip the delicate balance. When most of the state finally went unionist; the Confederates established a puppet government of their own which made Kentucky a literally divided state. In a sense it became a microcosym of the greater conflict; both Lincoln and Davis were born in the Bluegrass State. What followed through 1861-1862 was the ebb and flow of armies from Mill Springs to Perryville leaving thousands dead. By 1863; Kentucky was increasingly under complete Union control. Even then however Confederate raiders such as the famous John H. Morgan dashed across the state wrecking havok. The final two years of the war were marked by brutal guerilla fighting with such characters as Sue Mundy and Quantril. Harrison concludes the book with discussion of how the war effected Kentucky's economy and education system. Union suppression of civil rights during the war along with the abolishion of slavery ironically instilled a pro-southern spirit after the conflict in a state which had contributed greatly to the defeat of the Confederacy.Harrison takes a complex narrative and does a fine job of making in both concise and quite readable. In general I highly recommend this volume. However I do wish the author had discussed Garfield's Eastern Kentucky campaign of 1862; a small but relatively important struggle. The assassination of General Nelson in Louisville would have also been an interesting side story to note.
