[bookshare-discuss] Reminder: A World View of history Oct.20, 2010

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:48:16 -0700
Subject: Reminder- A World View of History October 20th 

    Newswire:

 

Just a reminder: "The Cold War: a New History" is the book to be reviewed by 
Accessible World's A World View of History group. October 20th is the date. 
This book is a concise, and according to our members, a quite readable account 
of the Cold War which occurred between 1945 and 1991. 

 

It is by America's preeminent Cold War expert, John Lewis Gaddis, a professor 
at Yale. Author of over six books on the forty-five year conflict, Gadddis's 
reputation began almost forty years ago as leader of the "Post Revisionist 
School" as to the causes of the Cold War. After accessing the partially 
available archives of the Communist Block Gaddis has developed a new revised 
interpretation as to the causes as well as the ending of the Cold war 
especially the roles of Stalin, Eisenhower, Regan and Pope Paul.

For those of us who lived through all or part of the Cold war, it was a time of 
chronic anxiety escalating to downright fright, even terror, during the Cuban 
Missile Crisis. It was a time of "duck and cover drills" home bomb shelters and 
duck tape jokes. Fortunately, it ended like it began, not with a bang but a 
whimper with the missile defenses of both sides still unused and intact. It 
also ended with the almost peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union, the 
world's largest and oldest empire. As the Author states, this ending was not 
inevitable, but happily enough there is still life on earth.

 

So if you've not begun reading this book, it's not too late to begin. 
Wednesday, October 20th will be an excellent chance to hear an interview with 
the author and discuss your experiences and impressions of the Cold War

 

 

 

 

 

The Cold War: A New History 

Gaddis, John Lewis. Read by Alexander Strain. Reading time 10 hours 30 minutes. 
World History 

Yale historian analyzes the power struggle that occurred between the United 
States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991 and its effect on world events. 
Uses archives from Eastern Europe, Russia, and China to describe the tension of 
nuclear armament and the leaders behind the weapons. 2005. 
Download The Cold War: A New History, DB62511 

  Recording for the Blind &                  Dyslexic, 2006.Book Number:   
HN002 

 

The group will meet at the same time the third Wednesday of every month and 
will be facilitated by Don Queen, (Email:  queens@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

Date: Wednesday, August 18th.

 

Time:  6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT, 9:00 p.m. Edt

                                  and elsewhere in the world thursday 1:00 GMT.



Robert Acosta, President
Helping Hands for the Blind
Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: www.helpinghands4theblind.org

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[bookshare-discuss] Reminder: A World View of history Oct.20, 2010

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