Anybody know of any good books on the history of the Cold War? I'm specifically looking for stuff about the very beginning of it, like how we got from WWII to the Cold War, and the Rosenbergs and other stuff around that period, but I'm also interested in a more general history. (I just read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feinman and Doctorow's Book of Daniel back-to-back, and my brain is kind of stuck in that "but how did we get from there to there?" space now.)
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Hil R. - Apr 06, 2006 6:27:53 am PDT #311 of 28061
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tommyrot - Apr 06, 2006 6:37:25 am PDT #312 of 28061
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Now that you mention it, that does sound interesting.
Just off the top of my head... I think the Berlin Airlift is considered the start of the Cold War, or at least a major escalation. That was around 1948? Then the Korean war (1950-'53) resulted in big increases in US defense spending. The Soviet Union detonating their first atomic bomb was a major shock to the US too. (That was somewhere around 1949-'51, IIRC.)
Communists taking over China (1948?) was also (I think) part of the rise of the cold war mentality. US politicians played the "blame game" in trying to assign American responsibiltiy for "who lost China."
eta: Actually, US and British mistrust of the Soviet Union was increasing even before the end of WW-II, when the Soviet Union was our ally.
Kathy A - Apr 06, 2006 12:45:23 pm PDT #313 of 28061
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Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech was in 1945, IIRC.
Sheryl - Apr 07, 2006 3:12:52 pm PDT #314 of 28061
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Hey Erika!
There's an anthology coming out next month called "Baltimore Noir" and David Simon has a story in it. It's from Akashic Books, the same people who did "DC Noir" and "Brooklyn Noir". Thought you might be interested.
Jesse - Apr 07, 2006 3:21:04 pm PDT #315 of 28061
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Crap! I meant to go to a reading from Manhattan Noir, but I think it was yesterday. Ah well. I want to buy it, anyway.
erikaj - Apr 08, 2006 9:59:17 am PDT #316 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Cool...I have DC Noir.(My fake boyfriend likes Greek carrots.) Pelecanos re karoti.(Yes, I used babelfish for inside joke. I'm a Buffista. Have we met?) Will be interested in reading both "Baltimore" and "Manhattan" Still wonder why there isn't Desert Noir. Was truly born on the wrong coast.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2006 4:20:14 pm PDT #317 of 28061
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still wonder why there isn't Desert Noir.
Have you seen the movie Detour?
erikaj - Apr 08, 2006 4:22:58 pm PDT #318 of 28061
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Yeah...I think so.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2006 4:52:13 pm PDT #319 of 28061
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah...I think so.
Bzzzt! Wrong answer. You'd know if you saw it. It's the ultimate B-movie Noir. Ends with the male lead accidentally strangling the evil femme fetale Ann Savage - and isn't that a name - with a phone cord through a locked door.
C'mon!
brenda m - Apr 08, 2006 4:57:06 pm PDT #320 of 28061
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How 'bout Lone Star ?
[FYI, double checking the title on IMDB, there are five separate guys listed as aka Lonestar. Yes, Virginia, there really is a Dread Cowboy Lonestar.]