This book looks at how and why the Cold War developed between the USSR and the USA and their opposing ideas of communism and capitalism. It examines the legacy of the Cold War, both in terms of the bad things that came out of it, such as instability and conflicts around the world, denial of human rights to millions of people and the stockpiling of nuclear and conventional weapons, and the good things, including technological progress, advances in medical understanding and developments in art, literature and sport.

 

This book is part of a book series called Did Anything Good Come Out Of .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Paul Mason is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: What was the Cold War?
• 3: Weapons and proxy wars
• 4: The end of the Cold War
• 5: Cold War politics
• 6: International politics
• 7: Conflicts around the world
• 8: How did the Cold War affect ordinary people?
• 9: In the West
• 10: International
• 11: Science and technology
• 12: The Space Race
• 13: Medical technology
• 14: Popular culture
• 15: The written word
• 16: Music
• 17: The battle for sporting glory
• 18: So - did anything good come out of the Cold War?
• 19: Glossary
• 20: Further information
• 21: Index