During the Cold War, communism was seen as a viable threat to the world. This fascinating title will introduce children to the leaders of the Cold War such as Nikita Khrushchev, John F. Kennedy, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Mikhail Gorbachev as well as the ideas and systems each of them believed in and upheld including communism, democracy and capitalism. Through vivid images, intriguing facts and sidebars, a helpful glossary and index and accommodating table of contents, readers will be interested and engaged from cover to cover!.