
- 592 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A major new history of the Cold Warthatexplores the conflict through the minds of the people who lived through it. More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still enduresânot only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears.Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering, unique personalities like Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping narrative of the paranoia of the Cold Warâand in today's uncertain times, this story is more resonant than ever.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Authorâs Note
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Individual or Collective â Two National Psyches
- Chapter 2: Two Nations; Two Missions
- Chapter 3: Kissing Stalinâs Bum
- Chapter 4: Yalta and the Psychology of Betrayal
- Chapter 5: Potsdam and Paranoia
- Chapter 6: Stalin the Neurotic
- Chapter 7: The Long Telegrams
- Chapter 8: Threats and Mind Readers
- Chapter 9: War by Inadvertence
- Chapter 10: Trouble among Socialist Friends
- Chapter 11: Stalinâs Ghost â Memory, Fear and the Monster from the Grave
- Chapter 12: A Psychological Vacuum
- Chapter 13: The Secret Speech and the Psychology of the Crowd
- Chapter 14: Psychological Warfare
- Chapter 15: McCarthyism and Witch-Hunts
- Chapter 16: Brainwashing
- Chapter 17: Sputnik and the Psychology of Fear
- Chapter 18: The Kitchen: Competing Utopias
- Chapter 19: Bricks in the Wall
- Chapter 20: The Space Race
- Chapter 21: Brinkmanship
- Chapter 22: Duck and Cover
- Chapter 23: Disinformation
- Chapter 24: Double Agents, Double Dealing, Doublethink
- Chapter 25: Inventing the Enemy in Books and Film
- Chapter 26: Art, Posters and Jokes
- Chapter 27: Music
- Chapter 28: Religion
- Chapter 29: Falling Dominoes
- Chapter 30: They Took Away Your Mind â Control through Silence
- Chapter 31: The Psychology of the Front Line
- Chapter 32: The Madman and Détente
- Chapter 33: Reaganâs Epiphany
- Chapter 34: The Wall Torn Down
- Chapter 35: The Evil Empire is No More
- Chapter 36: The Misuses of Memory
- About the Author
- Notes and Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Illustration Credits
- Copyright