Cole Bassett

Mrs. Arnold

College Prep

2/27/15
                                                                            
             The title of the book I read is The Cold War Beginners Guide by Merrilyn Thomas. The genre of this

book is Historical Non-Fiction and the Theme is to make it easier for some people to understand some of the

 things that happened during the Cold War. I didn't really have personal reactions because my reading face is 

pretty blank. To summerize I will give an example of a big conflict that happened at the tail end of World War 

II and in my opinion is one of the reason the Cold War happened. My example is when the allies were coming

 down on Berlin from the west and the Soviets from the east. If the Allies kept pushing they could have been in 

Berlin days before the Soviets. But General Dwight Eisenhower decided to let the Soviets have Berlin. One of 

the reasons he did this was he didn't want to start anything new with the Russians. This is one of the many 

examples in this book and a lot of it also has to do with Espionage. There is not one main character because 

the book goes all over the place with different people. I guess you could say Eisenhower would be my favorite 

because he was a great Five Start General. The Cold War went on for several decades and two powerhouse 

World Powers secretly fighting each other. To conclude for anyone who want to know more about the Cold War 

I would suggest this.