The War of Nerves

Inside the Cold War Mind

New Hardback Illustrated

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From the aftermath of the Second World War to Putin and the ‘new era of Russian nationalism’, the historian and former foreign correspondent Martin Sixsmith approaches the Cold War from a psychological perspective. He explores how the USSR and USA’s ‘war of nerves’ shaped the thinking of millions of people, from politicians to ordinary men and women, and how the mental processes born of global tension and fear of nuclear confrontation continue to affect us.

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