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Chronology of the Cold War, 1917-1992 by Lester H. Brune; Richard Dean Burns (Editor)
Call Number: E 840 B78 2006

ISBN: 0415973392

Publication Date: 2005-10-31
Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. S. Trahair
Call Number: UB 270 T73 2004

ISBN: 0313319553

Publication Date: 2004-09-30
Encyclopedia of the Cold War by Ruud van Dijk (Editor); Svetlana Savranskaya (Editor); William Glenn Gray (Editor); Jeremi Suri (Editor); Qiang Zhai (Editor)
Call Number: E 840 E625 2008 (Lib use only)

ISBN: 9780415975155

Publication Date: 2008-05-15
Historical Dictionary of the Cold War by Joseph Smith; Simon Davis; Jon Woronoff (Editor)
Call Number: E 840 S547 2000

ISBN: 0810837099

Publication Date: 2000-03-29