Jon,,
You might suggest "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945," by Tony Judt.
It's a very interesting book.
Harold
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Good books about the Cold War?
>A young friend, an intelligent 15-year-old who got fascinated with WWII at
>a
> D-Day museum is now curious about the beginnings of the Cold War. I'm
> thinking that David Halberstam's _The Fifties_ might be a good
> introductory
> book, but I wonder if folks on VA-HIST have other suggestions.
>
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> Jon Kukla
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