This book by John Lewis Gaddis offers a comprehensive and insightful look into the Cold War, one of the most significant events of the 20th century. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and interviews, Gaddis provides a fresh and engaging narrative of the Cold War, examining its
John Lewis Gaddis is an American Cold War historian, political scientist, and writer. He is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. He is best known for his work on the Cold War and grand strategy, and he has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historians" by The New York Times. Gaddis is also the official biographer of the prominent 20th-century American diplomat and historian George F. Kennan. George F. Kennan: An American Life (2011), his biography of Kennan, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.