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While some entries include quotes, none is directly identified as to source and there is no bibliography. Illustrations include line-drawn maps and black-and-white photographs. Parrish also provides an index and what he calls a "discussion," "The Cold War: Writers and Readers," meant as an introduction not to the book itself but to the "great amount and variety of writing that scholars, journalists, and political and military leaders" have produced about this period, although no specific sources are mentioned.
Coming relatively soon after two other similar titles, Encyclopedia of the Cold War [RBB O 1 94] and the three-volume The Cold War, 1945^-1991 [RBB Ag 93], this book compares quite well. It has more than a page concerning the recent Aldrich Ames case (not included in either of the others) and adds information on the Rosenberg case. The Cold War, 1945^-1991 has the smallest number of entries although they are the longest, and it is more cumbersome to use; it includes a chronology, a narrative history, and a list of archives. The Cold War Encyclopedia entries are shorter than those in the Encyclopedia of the Cold War, but it includes many entries on specific planes and weapons not found in the other. Encyclopedia of the Cold War has reading lists following many entries and a bibliography arranged by broad topic.
The primary concern we have with The Cold War Encyclopedia is its lack of documentation; other than statements that the newly opened Soviet archives were used, no sources are given. Nevertheless, it includes items not found in either of the other titles on this subject (and vice versa), so it complements but doesn't replace them. Public libraries will want to consider adding this title.
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