{"title":"Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the tense and transformative era of the Cold War. Explore espionage thrillers, historical accounts, and personal stories that defined this global conflict. Uncover the past and understand its lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"red-effect-book-harvey-black-9781781320884","title":"The Red Effect","description":"1983, the height of the Cold War. An unarmed civilian plane is shot down over the sea of Japan by Soviet forces. The world holds its breath...Politicians tiptoe cautiously around the brink of war, the fate of civilisation as we know it in their hands. So far a tentative peace has been maintained between the western Allies and the Soviet Union. But all that is about to change.With tensions running high and Soviet forces gaining strength, NATO forces must prepare for the worst as they are catapulted towards all-out war. Is the entire Western world doomed to destruction?Harvey Black's gripping alternative history of the Cold War turning hot puts readers at the heart of the action, from political offices of Moscow, London and Washington DC to the checkpoints of East Berlin, where British soldiers Jacko and Bradley are planning for an event that they can't predict, that they aren't even sure is coming.Bursting with suspense, political drama and military expertise, this first instalment of the Cold War trilogy will have readers hanging on until the final page, spines chilled at what could have been.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538977169681,"sku":"GOR005510517","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50390137241873,"sku":"CIN1781320888G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401025065233,"sku":"CIN1781320888VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50510077100305,"sku":"GOR007290584","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1781320888.jpg?v=1751025836"},{"product_id":"chief-of-station-book-j-d-narramore-9798664529821","title":"Chief of Station","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546389684497,"sku":"GOR011951652","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49561911492881,"sku":"GOR013623952","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53662962811153,"sku":"NIN9798664529821","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B08DF2RQFL.jpg?v=1751192691"},{"product_id":"blue-effect-book-harvey-black-9781781322215","title":"The Blue Effect","description":"The Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact's pre-emptive strike against the West, supported by the use of chemical weapons, has left NATO forces stunned. Although reinforcements continue to arrive in theatre from all the NATO member countries, the Allies are pushed back relentlessly. The Eastern Bloc armies throw fresh regiments into the fray, their intention to deliver the killing lunge deep into the West's retreating armies. What are the options open to NATO? Can the West stem the disorderly retreat? Can they gather enough conventional forces to hold? Or will they need to resort to more deadly means? Follow the series of gripping events in 'The Blue Effect', the third instalment in Harvey Black's Cold War trilogy.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49558551036177,"sku":"GOR005948277","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49630084464913,"sku":"GOR008176861","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/178132221X.jpg?v=1751184068"},{"product_id":"black-effect-book-harvey-black-9781781321225","title":"The Black Effect","description":"Harvey Black's wartime novels continue in the second of a thrilling Cold War series.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49558564077841,"sku":"GOR005531954","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49627476754705,"sku":"GOR012734136","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49939840336145,"sku":"CIN1781321221G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52635271889169,"sku":"GOR006665871","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1781321221.jpg?v=1751312030"},{"product_id":"red-effect-book-harvey-black-9781983202148","title":"The Red Effect","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49576001634577,"sku":"GOR013543464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1983202142.jpg?v=1750805664"},{"product_id":"redeye-fulda-cold-book-bill-fortin-9780996478601","title":"Redeye Fulda Cold","description":"\u003cp\u003eRedeye Fulda Cold by Bill Fortin is a different type of war novel. The silence of the combat was deafening for all who would participate. In 1969 the fighting of the Cold War was fought on a 1000 maps in 30 command posts strategically located throughout West Germany. Fontain, the main character in this saga, is just out of high school. Within the year he is drafted and is inducted into the US Army. A series of tests shines a light on him which puts him on a path that will change his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRedeye Fulda Cold is a snap shot from our history that very few Americans are aware. It was a time when the world was on the brink of war. A great secret that has been kept to this day. This story is meant as a tribute to the women and men who fought in the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49615814852881,"sku":"GOR012813157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0996478604.jpg?v=1750820573"},{"product_id":"redeye-fulda-cold-book-bill-fortin-9780578164854","title":"Redeye Fulda Cold","description":"\u003cp\u003eRedeye Fulda Cold by Bill Fortin is a different type of war novel. The silence of the combat was deafening for all who would participate. In 1969 the fighting of the Cold War was fought on a 1000 maps in 30 command posts strategically located throughout West Germany. Fontain, the main character in this saga, is just out of high school. Within the year he is drafted and is inducted into the US Army. A series of tests shines a light on him which puts him on a path that will change his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRedeye Fulda Cold is a snap shot from our history that very few Americans are aware. It was a time when the world was on the brink of war. A great secret that has been kept to this day. This story is meant as a tribute to the women and men who fought in the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354834276625,"sku":"CIN057816485XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52544694386961,"sku":"GOR011649093","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52735956353297,"sku":"NIN9780578164854","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53016933794065,"sku":"GOR014697714","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/057816485X.jpg?v=1751294538"},{"product_id":"vietnam-war-book-paul-dowswell-9780836852745","title":"The Vietnam War","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50364961456401,"sku":"CIN0836852745G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B001O8CYF6.jpg?v=1750818482"},{"product_id":"rasputin-s-legacy-book-lee-jackson-cfcs-9780989802505","title":"Rasputin's Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cold War. A backdrop for betrayal. A playground for power. A rogue Soviet general mobilizes to overthrow the Soviet regime and gain control of the USR's military arsenal. The world is on the brink of war. To stop him, the US president sends covert operator Atcho deep inside Siberia. Failure could spell annihilation - and a relentless investigative reporter pursues him, certain that Atcho is the shooter in an assassination attempt. Worse yet, Atcho's beautiful fiancEe, a former CIA operative, goes rogue to save him. Don't miss this nail biter that Carmine Zozzora, producer of Die Hard with a Vengeance calls pure gold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50375453311249,"sku":"CIN0989802507G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53364247101713,"sku":"CIN0989802507VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0989802507.jpg?v=1751013602"},{"product_id":"cold-war-book-hourly-history-9781537584829","title":"Cold War","description":"\u003cb\u003eCold War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted from the end of World War I until the end of the 1980s. Over the course of five decades, they never came to blows directly. Rather, these two world superpowers competed in other arenas that would touch almost every corner of the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will read about.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- What Was the Cold War?\u003cbr\u003e- The Origins of the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e- World War I and the Beginning of the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e- The Cold War in the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e- The Cold War in the 1960s\u003cbr\u003e- The Cold War in the 1970s\u003cbr\u003e- The Cold War in the 1980s and the End of the Cold War\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth interfered in the affairs of other countries to win allies for their opposing ideologies.In the process, governments were destabilized, ideas silenced, revolutions broke out, and culture was controlled. This overview of the Cold War provides the story of how these two countries came to oppose one another, and the impact it had on them and others around the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50389758378257,"sku":"CIN1537584820A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50531483287825,"sku":"GOR009884695","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53151930515729,"sku":"NIN9781537584829","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53429434417425,"sku":"GOR012777909","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1537584820.jpg?v=1763125242"},{"product_id":"cuban-missile-crisis-book-hourly-history-9781721659869","title":"The Cuban Missile Crisis","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51047872463121,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51047875379473,"sku":"NIN9781721659869","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1721659862.jpg?v=1751059391"},{"product_id":"space-race-book-hourly-history-9781721660049","title":"The Space Race","description":"The Space RaceDuring fourteen years, from 1955 to 1969, the Soviet Union and the United States of America were engaged in a dramatic race against each other to conquer space. This period encompassed dramatic victories, humbling defeats, and more than one tragedy. This is a story of human courage and ingenuity at its best and political maneuvering at its worst, of almost unbelievable technological progress undertaken with the object not just of advancing human knowledge but also of proving the superiority of one country over another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside you will read about...✓ From Missiles to Rockets\u003cbr\u003e✓ Russia Takes the Lead\u003cbr\u003e✓ Early American Failures\u003cbr\u003e✓ The First Men in Space\u003cbr\u003e✓ Fatalities on Both Sides\u003cbr\u003e✓ The Moon Landing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd much more \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe space race culminated in man setting foot upon the moon, but each milestone on the way to that final goal was bitterly contested. Two powerful nations pledged a substantial part of their national resources to beat the other in a scientific and technological race to be the first to achieve new records. In terms of contests between major powers, there has never been anything quite as dramatic, public, and sustained as the space race; it remains one of the most fascinating and engaging episodes of the Cold War.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51517534994705,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51517535617297,"sku":"CIN1721660046G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52754039996689,"sku":"NIN9781721660049","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1721660046.jpg?v=1751025833"},{"product_id":"apollo-program-book-hourly-history-9798355295561","title":"Apollo Program","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52449432699153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52449432731921,"sku":"GOR014526713","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798355295561.jpg?v=1759320843"},{"product_id":"medellin-acapulco-cold-book-bill-fortin-9780996478670","title":"Medellin Acapulco Cold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Cold War Military Suspense Thriller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn March 1987, the CIA's Operation Acapulco Cold took on the Medell n cartel. The journey would be dangerous. The alternative for not recovering the nuke would be too horrible to imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA theft occurs in direct response to President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev's treaty agreement (START I). Russian S-20 medium-range missiles are removed from Eastern Europe and their nuclear MIRV packages disassembled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA KGB shadow group inside the failing Russian government steals three of the nose-cone assemblies. Geonov, a Russian operative is charged with selling one of these devices to the Medell n cartel. The asking price is $40 million dollars in cash. Pablo Escobar does not even blink when he is offered one. Operation Acapulco Cold is the detailed action taken by the CIA to address this life-altering world situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you like fast-paced military espionage thrillers packed with suspense and action, you'll love \u003cem\u003eMedell n Acapulco Cold\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52741354651921,"sku":"NIN9780996478670","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780996478670.jpg?v=1763487278"},{"product_id":"fidel-castro-book-hourly-history-9781976136511","title":"Fidel Castro","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52757791736081,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52757792293137,"sku":"NIN9781976136511","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781976136511.jpg?v=1763579611"},{"product_id":"cuban-missile-crisis-book-peter-chrisp-9780836852738","title":"The Cuban Missile Crisis","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53368638308625,"sku":"CIN0836852737G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780836852738.jpg?v=1775132877"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-cold-war.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}