The War of Nerves : Inside the Cold War Mind
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Author: Sixsmith, Martin
The Cold War
Published on 6 October 2022 by Profile Books Ltd (Wellcome Collection) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback / softback | 592 pages, 50 integrated b&w images
129 x 198 x 41 | 478g
'Essential ... endlessly fascinating ... to read Sixsmith is to want to read more Sixsmith' ForbesMore than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts, and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and unseen sources, Martin Sixsmith vividly recreates the tensions and paranoia of the Cold War, framing it for the first time from a psychological perspective. Revisiting towering personalities like Khrushchev, Kennedy and Nixon, as well as the lives of the unknown millions who were caught up in the conflict, this is a gripping account of fear itself - and in today's uncertain times, it is more resonant than ever.
