Chamberlin boldly argues that the Cold War, long viewed as a peaceful, if tense, diplomatic standoff between democracy and communism, was actually a vast, deadly conflict, It killed millions on battlegrounds across Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. For half a century, as an uneasy peace hung over Europe, ferocious proxy wars raged in the Cold War's killing fields, resulting in more than 15 million dead victims who remain largely forgotten and all but lost to history.