The Cambridge History of the Cold War, vols. I-III

The Cambridge History of the Cold War is a thematically organized encyclopedia. As such, short but comprehensive history of the Cold War, which could be used as a reference source is long overdue. The problem with the encyclopedia is a highly variable level of articles, ranging from profound (D. Holloway), to the hackwork by the former Communist officials tailored to current DC intellectual fashions of their sponsors (V. Zubok), to the bizarre (G. Arrighi). The editors should have done a better work to incorporate the articles into a common whole. But still, it is an enormous achievement.