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1) Cold War
Author
Series
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Organized by year, this easy-to-use reference collection gives students side-by-side comparable facts on battles, war plans, and important key leaders in military history. Historical photographs and quotes augment the main text, which goes into detail about life changing events such as the Korean War and the testing of the atomic bomb.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In twentieth century America, no threat loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Marrin shows how the miscarriage of justice in the Scottsboro Boys case, the tragedy of the Rosenbergs, and the menace of the Joseph McCarthy and his war hearings lured many Americans to the ideals...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the separation of East and West Berlin in the post-World War II years and the closing of the borders on August 13, 1961 when East Germany's Communist government stopped its citizens from fleeing to the West.
6) The Cold War
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Examines the twentieth-century standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, discussing origins, nuclear strategies, and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...
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