| daler240D | 10 May 2017 10:44 a.m. PST |
Hi All, I just finished Dan Carlin's podcast on the cold war and the bomb. Can anyone offer some good general histories of the period (starting at the end of WW2) that include the development of the geo-political strategies and the technological developments of weaponry? SAC, subs, missiles etc. |
| mwindsorfw | 10 May 2017 10:53 a.m. PST |
No, but there's some good "what-if" fiction to come from the 80's. Team Yankee link Red Storm Rising link and Red Army link were all fun reads. |
| ScottS | 10 May 2017 10:59 a.m. PST |
John Lewis Gaddis' The Cold War: A New History is excellent. |
| daler240D | 10 May 2017 11:12 a.m. PST |
read the first 2, I'll look for the third. Thanks! |
| Col Durnford | 10 May 2017 11:20 a.m. PST |
I may sound strange, but Force on Force's Cold War Gone Hot is a great source book on organization, sample games, and uniforms. |
| Cosmic Reset | 10 May 2017 11:21 a.m. PST |
What about the BBC series (24 episodes) on Youtube, The Cold War: YouTube link May be of interest? |
| Weasel | 10 May 2017 12:35 p.m. PST |
Isby's weapons and tactics of the red army is a must once you get to the nitty gritty |
| Mako11 | 10 May 2017 2:22 p.m. PST |
Did he do the NATO book too, or did someone else do that? |
| Weasel | 10 May 2017 2:24 p.m. PST |
Not sure about that, if he did, I'll have to grab it ASAP. |
| Rod I Robertson | 10 May 2017 4:16 p.m. PST |
The book "Armies of NATO's Central Front" was co-authored by David Isby and Charles Kamps Jr. and is a must have for the Cold War gamer despite some errors which have emerged as NATO member states declassified or otherwise released certain information. It is an excellent reference source but I imagine it is quite expensive these days. Cheers and good gaming.
Rod Robertson. |
| Col Durnford | 11 May 2017 6:51 a.m. PST |
Shameless plug on my book collection on marketplace. TMP link Thanks, Vince |
| gidsy71 | 12 May 2017 7:25 a.m. PST |
As well as the BBC series that irishserb mentioned, there is a book that accompanied the series, written by Jeremy Isaacs & Taylor Downing. |
harvests scenario ideas from The Third World War.