The Cuban Missile Crisis (Cold War) - Hardcover

Peter Chrisp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750233893 ISBN 13: 9780750233897

Publisher: Hodder Wayland, 2001

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Reviewed with other books in the Cold War set.

Gr. 5-8. These books in the well-designed Cold War set do an excellent job of explanation and context setting. Causes, as its name implies, explains what the cold war was and how it affected its participants. It begins with colliding ideologies of democracy and communism and shows how the cold war came out of the very hot World War II. Moving chronologically, the book covers all the important post-war events, the advance of communism, the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and standoffs between the U.S and the USSR around the world. The book is excellent background for Cuban Missile and Vietnam, which both touch on some of the same material, but also focus on the hows and whys of the conflicts. End shows the dissolution of communism and the emergence of hopeful new nations. All the books do extremely well at introducing the chief players of the times, and how their personalities influenced events. Color and black-and-white photographs enliven the texts; maps and sidebars are in color, too. A time line and a glossary round out each volume in these solid and thought-provoking books. REVWR
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From School Library Journal:

Grade 6-8 These books examine each conflict in the broader context of the Cold War. In both, much of the discussion is devoted to the historical background. The first half of Missile Crisis covers the events leading up to the "momentous" days of October, 1962. Aside from the fact that the same secondary sources are repeatedly quoted, this title provides a good overview of the crisis and the underlying reasons for Soviet and American actions. Vietnam presents an international perspective that is often lacking in books on the topic from American publishers. (It was originally published in Britain.) However, a quote from Edward R. Murrow is put into the context of Nixon's Vietnamization plan, even though Murrow died in 1965, four years before Nixon became president. Despite this minor sloppiness, most students will find this a balanced and dispassionate account of the war. Each book features mostly black-and-white photographs on every page, along with helpful maps; a time line; and lists of books, videos, and Web sites. A rather skimpy index and brief glossary round out the back of each volume. -Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Public Library, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Wayland
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0750233893
• ISBN 13: 9780750233897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64