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The Cold War's killing fields
Book • 2018
In *The Cold War's Killing Fields*, Paul Thomas Chamberlin challenges the traditional narrative of the Cold War as a peaceful era, instead revealing it as a period of intense conflict that resulted in over 14 million deaths.
The book explores the proxy wars and battles fought between the U.S.
and the Soviet Union, impacting regions from Korea and Vietnam to Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Chamberlin provides a comprehensive military history, capturing the human suffering and strategic implications of these conflicts.
The book explores the proxy wars and battles fought between the U.S.
and the Soviet Union, impacting regions from Korea and Vietnam to Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Chamberlin provides a comprehensive military history, capturing the human suffering and strategic implications of these conflicts.
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as the author of the book discussed in the podcast episode.

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173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
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as a book he learned a great deal from.


William Dalrymple

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as a good book that tackles the idea of the long peace after World War II.

Joseph Solis-Mullen

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