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The Cold War

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What’s it about?

The Cold War was a sprawling global conflict driven by ideology, nuclear terror, and proxy wars, not just a superpower showdown. McMahon reveals how fear and miscalculation shaped a dangerous bipolar world.

You’ll learn

  • Containment policy origins
  • Nuclear arms race logic
  • Proxy wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan
  • Collapse of the Soviet empire