The Cold War

A World History

By: Odd Arne Westad

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 25 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 659 659

Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 588 588

Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 585 585

As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945, there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War. For over 40 years the demands of the Cold War shaped the life of almost all of us. There was no part of the world where East and West did not ultimately demand a blind and absolute allegiance.