This book gives an overview of twenty-one key events that helped shape the Cold War, including the first H-bomb test, the Vietnam War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Title proper from title frame. Includes chronologies. Includes glossary. "This edition first published by Arcturus Publishing, distributed by Black Rabbit Books".

Yalta Conference, February, 4, 1945 - Truman doctrine proclaimed, March 12, 1947 - Soviets impose Berlin blockade, June 24, 1948 - Communists take power in China, October, 1, 1949 - Korean War begins, June 25, 1950 - First H-bomb test, November 1, 1952 - Rosenbergs executed for espionage, June 19, 1953 - Hungarian uprising suppressed, November 4, 1956 - First Sputnik launch, October 4, 1957 - U2 spyplane shot down, May 1, 1960 - Berlin Wall erected, August 17, 1961 - Kennedy declares naval blockade of Cuba, October 22, 1962 - U.S. Marines sent into Vietnam, March 8, 1965 - Soviet invasion ends Prague Spring, August 20, 1968 - Nixon visits China, February 21, 1972 - U.S.-backed coup in Chile, September 11, 1973 - Apollo-Soyuz mission, July 17, 1975 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, December 24, 1979 - Polish workers occupy Gdansk shipyard, August 14, 1980 - Reagan and Gorbachev agree arms cuts, December 8, 1987 - Fall of Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989 - Key figures in the Cold War.