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Friedman, Norman. The Fifty Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000. 597pp. $39.95
Winkler, David F. Cold War at Sea: High-Seas Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000. 263pp. $45
Although the Cold War ended more than a decade ago, its impact continues to haunt the international community to this day. These two excellent works from the Naval Institute Press will greatly enhance our understanding of this uncertain period.
Norman Friedman's Fifty Year War is a broad look at the conflict between East and West. Friedman contends that the Cold War actually began in Spain in 1937, "when Stalin tried to hijack the ongoing civil war." This divide between the Soviet Union and the West would not come to an end until 1991. Friedman poses several questions: "Should or did the West understand events in the Soviet Union? Did the West in fact defeat the Soviet Union, or did the...