Reviewing the Cold War: Approaches, Interpretations, Theory / Edition 1

by Odd Arne Westad

Overview

Since the cold war ended, it has become an international field of study, with new material from China, the former Soviet Union and Europe. This volume takes stock of where these new materials have taken us in our understanding of what the cold war was about and how we should study it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714681207
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Series:	Cold War History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Odd Arne Westad

Table of Contents

It is welcome reading for anyone who is steeped in new archival evidence" on Cold War crises ("the trees") and wants to stand back and look at the Cold War as a whole ("the forest").

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Editorial Reviews

Revised papers from a 1998 symposium organized by the Norwegian Nobel Institute take stock of new international scholarship on the Cold War. They summarize approaches to the study of the Cold War, and discuss issues such as the origins of the Cold War, stages of the conflict, how the Soviet-US rivalry ended, the nuclear arms race, strategic and ideological aspects, and uses of international relations theory in Cold War studies. Contributors come from many different academic and national backgrounds; the editor is reader in international history at the London School of Economics. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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