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  • Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War and Space Race Between the United States and Soviet Union

  • By: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
  • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War and Space Race Between the United States and Soviet Union

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then pay attention...

Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:

  • The Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Tense Conflict Between the United States of America and the Soviet Union Following World War II
  • The Space Race: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War Competition Between the United States and Soviet Union to Reach the Moon

Some of the topics covered in part one of this audiobook include:

  • Berlin: The Lines Have Been Drawn
  • Stemming the Tide of Communism in East Asia
  • Fighting the Soviets for Supremacy in Space
  • How the Cold War Calculus Affected the Middle East
  • Cuba, Vietnam, and Increasing Social Unrest
  • An East African Cold War
  • Cold War Secrets and a Place Called Area 51
  • Soviets, Afghanistan, and a Little Bit of SALT
  • Ronald Reagan and the Evil Empire
  • Poland, a Polish Pope, and Cold War Solidarity
  • Star Wars: The Biggest Bluff in History
  • The Cold War Comes to a Close
  • And much, much, more!

Some of the topics covered in part two of this audiobook include:

  • The End of World War II, the Fate of German Scientists, and the Future of an Unassuming Ukrainian
  • Americans Play Catchup
  • Different Approaches to Getting the First Men in Space
  • The First Men in Space
  • JFK’s Resolve and Prediction of the Ultimate Win - Reaching the Moon
  • The Three Primary NASA Programs
  • The First Spacewalks
  • The First Successful Spacecraft Docking
  • Apollo 11 - One Small Step for Man
  • Those Who Gave Their Lives
  • The Long, Bumpy Road to Coordination
  • And much, much more!

So if you want to learn more about the Cold War and Space Race, get this audiobook now!

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This was thoughtful and engaging. The author was very thorough in his research. Would highly recommend!!

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Great book with a lot of history and reasearch

This audiobook is amazing. It has a lot of research put into it. I was amazed how detailed they were in getting the facts correct. If you want to learn more about the Cold War and the space race this is the book for you. It is a little long but the content will make up for that..

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Great Cold War retelling

Fantastic retelling of all the main points of the cold war.
Set in a small snippet format, if you want an easy to listen to ride through the cold war and Space race of the 60s, this if for you

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