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1) Three days in Moscow young readers' edition: Ronald Reagan and the fall of the soviet empire

Author

Baier, Bret

Pub. Date

2018.

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Recounts the events of Reagan's historic, three-day 1988 Moscow Summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, examining the importance of Reagan's speech at Moscow State University that offered a new vision of the future to the Soviet people.

2) The Cold War

Author

Sheehan, Sean

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 3

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Discusses the principal causes and events of the Cold War, the period between 1945 to 1991 when the United States and the Soviet Union kept each other in check through mutual fear and distrust, and considers what the outcome might have been had different

3) The causes of the Cold War

Author

Ross, Stewart

Series

The cold war

Pub. Date

2002

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IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 3

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Explores the rivalry and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union stemming from their differing ideologies and discusses the resulting events during the decade after World War II.

4) The Cold War

Author

Bodden, Valerie

Series

Days of change

Pub. Date

[2008]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 1

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A look at the causes and effects of the Cold War, the era from 1945 to 1991 characterized by tense, deadly competition between the United States and communist-governed nations.

5) The end of the Cold War

Author

Hatt, Christine

Series

The cold war

Pub. Date

c2002

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IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 3

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Explores why the Cold War ended, including such reasons as the changing relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, economic problems, and the increase in nuclear weaponry worldwide.

6) The Iron Curtain: the Cold War in Europe

Author

Brager, Bruce L

Pub. Date

c2004

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Examines the history of the Iron Curtain in central Europe that represented the boundary between East and West during the Cold War of the 20th century.

7) Fallout: spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown

Author

Sheinkin, Steve

Pub. Date

2021.

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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11

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"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...