The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Cold War: 6

so far, i have read the idiots guides to ww 1, ww 2 and i just finished the "idiots guide to cold war" and let me tell you, this is a great book. it is full of information that is either forgotten or rarely talked about. i learned a lot! the book starts off with the end of ww1 and continues into the mccarthy era. then, it goes into vietnam and finally ends up to sep.11 2001. pretty in depth. the only reason i gave it 4 stars is because the korean war was a little skimpy. but overall it was good just the same. it is recommended!

I can't believe I read the same book as the reviewer below. I'm a long-time student of history, particularly the McCarthy Era in the United States and abroad, and I didn't see bias in this book at all. It was very readable and filled me in on aspects of the Cold War that were new to me. I find it a little sad that someone can pick apart a book just to find fault with it when there's so much to be learned from it. As usual for the Complete Idiots series, this was a good read -- and understandable enough to pass on to young people, who seem to have very little idea of what the Cold War actually was.