The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction

5 best books like The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction (Robert J. McMahon): The Cold War: A World History, Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction, Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction, Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Chaos: A Very Short Introduction

The Cold War: A World History

Author	Odd Arne Westad
ISBN	0465054935

From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the world

We tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic...

Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Bernard Wood
ISBN	0192803603

The recent discovery of the diminutive Homo floresiensis (nicknamed "the Hobbit") in Indonesia has sparked new interest in the study of human evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, renowned evolutionary scholar Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in...

Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Tom Burns
ISBN	0192807277

Psychiatry is increasingly a part of everyday life. The growing number of patients being diagnosed with depression, ADD, alcoholism, and other illnesses mean that few people are not touched by it. This book provides a valuable and comprehensible introduction to the subject. It starts with the history...

Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Author	David Miller
ISBN	0192803956

This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader...

Chaos: A Very Short Introduction

Author	Leonard A. Smith
ISBN	0192853783

Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating...