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Martin Walker witnessed the last decade of The Cold War from both sides of the fence. In his book The Cold War he analyses it as 'a war between social and economic systems', which had as its aim the economic destruction of the enemy. Originally broadcast on 21/3/94.

Guests

Martin Walker
Washington Correspondent for The Guardian.

Sir Michael Howard
Retired Regius Professor from the Universities of Oxford and Yale.

Robert Service
Professor of Russian History and Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at London University.

Publications

Title: The Cold War
Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Fourth Estate

Story Researcher and Producer

Gary Bryson

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