HIST:3147: The Cold War: Books
Resources on the Cold War
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Selected Reference Books
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American Decades Primary Sources
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E169.1.A471978 2004ISBN: 0787665924 -
Cold War America, 1946-1990
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E741.G76 2003ISBN: 0816038686 -
The Columbia Guide to the Cold War
Call Number: Main Reference Collection E744.K696 1998ISBN: 0231107722 -
Dictionary of American History
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E174 .D52 2003ISBN: 0684805332 -
Encyclopedia of the Cold War
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO D843 .A668 1994ISBN: 0816019754 -
Encyclopedia of the Cold War : a political, social, and military history
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO D840 .E63 2008ISBN: 1851097015 -
Encyclopedia of American History
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E174 .E53 2003ISBN: 081604371X -
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture
Call Number: Main Reference Collection E169.12 .E49 2001ISBN: 0415161614 -
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E740.7 .E53 1996ISBN: 0133071901 -
Encyclopedia of War & American Society
Call Number: Main Reference Collection FOLIO E181 .E634 2006ISBN: 0761930973
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