Frankel, Benjamin

Tertius the stuffed dog plans and executes the rescue of his friend Pliny, a toy monkey, from a shop.

Contains forty groups of essays, each of which includes an overview of an issue related to the Cold War, followed by two opposing opinions.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the participation and contribution of 134 political and military leaders and other notable individuals from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, and the Third World in the events of the Cold War.

Contains biographical information about key individuals on both sides of the Cold War, focusing on their participation in and contribution to the events of the period; and includes a chronology, and a detailed examination of major events, concepts, terms, and themes that dominated the conflict.