I listened to this book on mp3. I expected a relatively balanced history of the cold war. However, the author allocated roughly the same amount of time to the entire history of the cold war prior to President Reagan as he did for each year of the Reagan presidency. The author appears to be a huge fan of the late President.Also, in the introduction the author led me to believe that the work was more balanced between USSR and US points of view. I felt that it was more like 80% US versus 20% USSR points of view.So if you want to read a history of the cold war from the US point of view during the Reagan years then I highly recommend this book. If you want to read an entire history of the cold war then I suggest looking elsewhere. Very interesting book. Kept me engaged, it makes me want to learn more about the fall of the Soviet Union in general. It was something that happened when I was still young. It's scarey to think about what all leaked out of the former Soviet Union during those fragile years while Russian and the former republics were trying to develop a capitalist economy. A good book, would recommend it. I listened to it so I'm not sure how it would be to read, maybe not quite as exciting. Good to listen to though.
