thejdizzler 's review for:

The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis

3.0

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I was a bit disappointed with this history. It followed the standard narrative of communism==bad, inefficient and oppressive and democracy==good and kind of glossed over a lot of the conflicts in Africa and the Americas that I was very interested in learning more about. Gaddis however, does build a compelling narrative around themes and people, rather than just around facts.