Western books on Cold War??

[Sub-Human]

From what I understand, some of you really like history. Can you recommend any Western/American books on the Cold War?

 

[UniversalWolf]

I do not recommend any of these books because I haven't read any of them, but this should get you started:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Books-Cold-War/lm/32C9IXIXZ6CZN

I'm interested to see what people like because I haven't read much about it myself.

 

[DammitBoy]

Try these books - excellent history of the cold war;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathlands

 

[Sub-Human]

I'm interested to see what people like because I haven't read much about it myself.

Looks interesting. John L. Gaddis' book is one I often come upon. Others do seem to talk more about the Soviet Union than the US. I see some promising titles though.

Deathlands isn't what I would define a history book, but the post-apocalyptic nature is worth exploring

 

[Yamu]

Gaddis' book does a fairly good job of synthesizing the conflict, and there's enough info there to instantly earn you a few levels of armchair historian. I personally came away with the impression that he spends more energy detailing Soviet misdeeds than western ones, but he by no means commits the fallacy of omitting or glossing over American culpability where it existed.

(Also, it isn't a book, but for some perspective on some of the key moments and the overall trajectory of the Cold War from one of the architects of Western policy at the time, I cannot recommend the Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War strongly enough.)