A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis' "The Cold War" takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning...Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why [...]

Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in BiographyWidely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan--then a brigh[...]

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searchin[...]

Examines the history of the Cold War, reflecting Soviet, East European, Chinese, American, and West European viewpoints, and offering new insights and solutions to long-standing puzzles[...]

John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the many[...]

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

Selected by "The New York Times Book Review" as a Notable Book of the Year Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold W[...]

När andra världskriget slutade 1945 kunde ingen ana att världen var på väg in i en helt ny period av internationell oro, spioneri och terror. Kampen om världsherravälde tar oss med tillbaka till den era då världen balanserade på randen till sin egen undergång.
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