Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State [Paperback]

Daniel Yergin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P) (August 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039527267X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395272671
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,711,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for the number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, which was also made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. The book has been translated into 12 languages. It also received the Eccles Prize for best book on an economic subject for a general audience.


Of Dr. Yergins subsequent book, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, the Wall Street Journal said: No one could ask for a better account of the worlds political and economic destiny since World War II. This book has been translated into 13 languages and Dr. Yergin led the team that turned it into a six-hour PBS/BBC documentary the major PBS television series on globalization. The series received three Emmy nominations, a CINE Golden Eagle Award and the New York Festivals Gold World Medal for best documentary. Dr. Yergins other books include Shattered Peace, an award-winning history of the origins of the Cold War, Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World (with Thane Gustafson), and Energy Future: The Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School, which he edited with Robert Stobaugh.