{"product_id":"100-cold-war-insanities-that-were-stranger-than-fiction-9798195065614","title":"100 Cold War Insanities That Were Stranger Than Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lukas Popovic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe war you thought you knew... just got a lot weirder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForget the history books. Forget the solemn summits and the formal treaties signed in Geneva. The real Cold War wasn't just fought in high-level offices; it was fought on the soles of shoes in Romania, in a leader's cigar box, and in the stomach of a dead rat drenched in hot sauce in a Moscow alleyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the late 1940s and the early 90s, the world danced on a very fine line between absolute terror and absurd comedy. Fueled by limitless budgets and a sickening level of paranoia, the most spectacular megalomania on record flourished in the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you will discover 100 strictly real stories that defy all logic: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Espionage: \u003c\/b\u003e From the CIA's multi-million dollar \"Acoustic Kitty\" to the KGB's lethal \"Kiss of Death\" lipstick gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Accidents: \u003c\/b\u003e How a dropped socket wrench and a rising moon almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Megalomania: \u003c\/b\u003e Nuclear-powered planes, flying-saucer tanks, and a plan to bomb the Moon just to prove it could be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Escapes: \u003c\/b\u003e Families crossing the Iron Curtain in patchwork balloons and tiny bubble cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Cold War Insanities That Were Stranger Than Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is a catalog of an era where reality systematically humiliated fiction. It is the story of how humanity survived its own stupidity-not through military protocols, but through the intuition of a single soldier, the power of rock and roll, and an unexpected pizza commercial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurn the page. The Iron Curtain is about to rise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882990846103,"sku":"9798195065614","price":1089.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195065614.webp?v=1781098623","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/100-cold-war-insanities-that-were-stranger-than-fiction-9798195065614","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}