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The Cold War: A Ducksters Book
By Ken Nelson
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This book about the Cold War is brought to you by the makers of the popular children's educational website Ducksters. Inside the book, you will learn about the major events of the Cold War including the Berlin Airlift, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book also includes biographies of world leaders such as Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev. This book is a great way to learn about the ongoing struggle between the East and the West that shaped much of the world we live in today.
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Ken Nelson lives in North Carolina where he has run an educational website for kids called Ducksters since 2005. Ken spends his free time reading historical fiction, jogging, and traveling to historical sites. He has a degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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