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How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America
by Jon Wiener
UC Irvine historian Wiener traveled to Cold War monuments and exhibits around the country—from a “hippie contest” at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to a museum exhibit on North Dakota’s bomb shelters—to show how, despite conservative efforts to enshrine democracy’s victory over communism, America has forgotten the Cold War.