{"product_id":"9798888905029","title":"Cold War on Five Continents","description":"Author: Alfred W. McCoy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798888905029\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 608\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative analysis of the deadly Cold War conflicts that devastated countries and communities far from Moscow and Washington.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransforming battlegrounds in Africa, Asia, and Latin America into veritable hellscapes, the surrogate wars of the Cold War era left behind a legacy of collective trauma and social conflict that have persisted into the present. In this ambitious work, Alfred W. McCoy uses a bottom-up, outside-in approach to offer an unexpected new perspective on the longest, most consequential conflict in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCoy renders an intimate portrait of both embattled covert operatives and committed antiwar protesters, thus humanising the history of the Cold War  a history that has too often been told in impersonal terms of economic growth, nuclear arsenals, or diplomatic ententes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs today's great powers devote humanity's scarce resources toward ratcheting up a 'new cold war' in the face of a worsening climate crisis, McCoy's history is an important reminder that otherwise- ordinary individuals once helped end a global conflict that threatened nuclear holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882728673438,"sku":"ADS-9798888905029","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798888905029.jpg?v=1779861720","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798888905029","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}