I'm sure others will have better suggestions, but for a good general overview of the cold war period (amongst other topics), including the build-up to it, try EJ Hobsbawm's "Age of Extremes". Stunningly detailed, readable stuff with a cracking bibliography that should point you to material more specifically targeted at the Cold War.
The gun and the olive branch (for the arab/israeli question).
The author is quite balenced; hated by the Israeli's and accused of anti-semitism, and thrown into smelly goals by the secret police of various Arab states. A lessor man would have given up.
I bought my copy in a charity shop in Glastonbury...hippy alert!
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