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Cold War (1945-1991)


 
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A global struggle fought through ideology, proxy wars, and the shadow of the bomb. Explore the visual culture of nuclear anxiety and the propaganda that divided a world for nearly half a century.

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Contents

Introduction
1The Cold War (ca. 1945-1991)
Events
2The Berlin Wall
3Hungarian Uprising (1956)
4Prague Spring (1968)
5Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Personalities
6Fidel Castro (1926–2016)
7Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967)
Photographers
8Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua

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