NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #44 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Tonight, I thought I'd offer some favorite books about turning points in the Cold War, both the moments that did change history and those that might've.
Before we dive in, if you want a general overview of the Cold War, look no further than John Lewis Gaddis' brief and readable COLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY, and then, without further ado, the list: bookshop.org/books/the-cold…
1) Anne Applebaum's (@anneapplebaum) deeply researched IRON CURTAIN shows the descent of Soviet oppression across Eastern Europe: bookshop.org/books/iron-cur…
2) Michael Dobbs' (@michaeldobbs) ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT is as close to a seat-of-your-pants thriller as you'll find in history, as he relates the wild, scary, and tense turn-by-turn tale of the Cuban Missile Crisis: bookshop.org/books/one-minu…
3) To understand the military underpinnings of the conflict, you'll find no better guide than Neil Sheehan's FIERY PEACE IN A COLD WAR, about General Bernard Schriever and the arms race that unfolded decade after decade: bookshop.org/books/a-fiery-…
4) Margaret Macmillan's NIXON AND MAO zeroes in on the historic opening of China by the least likely of American presidents: bookshop.org/books/nixon-an…
5) Mary Elise Sarotte's (@e_sarotte) book THE COLLAPSE is the incredible human tale of the accidental (?) opening of the Berlin Wall that unwound the Cold War: bookshop.org/books/the-coll…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books on the Cold War? Share! I've got a couple other Cold War lists ahead. Also, what are your favorite indie bookstores? I want some new ones to feature! Share! #avidreadersunite
