The Cruel Peace: Everyday Life and the Cold War

By Fred Inglis

Book Overview

Chronicling the impact of the Cold War from the arenas of global politics to the psychic interior of our private apprehensions and phobias, this book combines renderings of the cockpits of Superpower confrontations in Berlin, Korea, Cuba, Budapest, Prague and Vietnam with the recollections of frontline participants. Recollections from George Kennan, Lord Carrington, Willy Brandt, Freeman Dyson, Joan Didion and others are included.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 046501495X
• ISBN13: 9780465014958
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.