Cold war, third world, social history, pedagogy, curriculum. Learn about the berlin wall, the cuban missle crisis, nato, the space race and more. A very short introduction mcmahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. The cold war 1947 1991 introduction the grand alliance formed by the u. A new cold war narrative, increasingly popular, interprets this competition as a resumption of the cold war. The end of the cold war has released a flood of new archival materials and memoirs both in the former communist world and in western countries. A postcold war history offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the cold war.
The cold war was an important episode, but with roots in earlier history and with ramifications that continue to influence the post cold war world. The cold war revised wilfrid knapp, 1968 sage journals. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press. Using military force to strike back against the soviet blockade seemed equally unwise. This article surveys political, economic and cultural issues of britishbulgarian relations. The cold war between communistbloc nations and western allies defined postwar politics. The authorised history of british defence economic intelligence. Two years later, the allies had broken their friendship. They have not been typeset and the text may change before final. Cambridge university press 9781107698901 history for the ib diploma. Svetozar rajak is associate professor of international history at the london school of economics and political science lse, uk, the academic director of lse ideas centre and a member of the editorial board of the cold war history journal. With the end of the cold war in 19901 and also with the opening of the archives in western and eastern europe, in moscow and beijing, studies on the cold war have now. Science and technology in the global cold war the mit press. Table of contents for journal of contemporary history, 55, 2, apr 01, 2020.
In total, the volumes represent a successful interconnected attempt at describing the cold war in full. The risk of turning the cold war into an actual wareven worse, a nuclear warwas just too great. A history in documents and eyewitness accounts, jussi m. Explore our cold war digital newspaper archives collection that covers more than 400 years of history, assisting thousands of genealogists and history researchers on their hunt for valuable information. The cold war mainly refers to a period in history marked by tension and build up of arms between the united states of america and the soviet union.
The book analyzes the cold war as the primary event and framework that dominated american thought and action for half a century. Indeed, an evenhanded interpretation is more entrenched in textbook presentations on the subject than it is among diplo. This concise historical narrative by a prizewinning cold war historian covers the entire cold war period from the yalta conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the soviet union in 1991. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns. The balkans in the cold war brings refreshing insights and important contributions.
Fredrik logevall, university of california, santa barbara. May 06, 2020 all journal articles featured in cold war history vol 20 issue 2. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr. Through her clear prose and many years of research and expertise on the subject, carole fink brings refreshing new perspectives to the cold war, going beyond the conflict between the us and the ussr to include meaningful discussions of key events in africa, asia. The origins of the cold war in united states history textbooks authors.
This is an exciting time to research and write the history of the cold war. It argues that neither bulgaria nor britain appeared to have interest in total isolation. The cold war and the americas 19451981 john stanley excerpt2 more information. Reconciliation, comradeship, confrontation, 19531957 2010. The journal of cold war studies jcws, as the name suggests, is a journal that focuses on. Many western political figures and observers have asserted that russias president, vladimir putin, is trying to turn back the clock, even to rebuild the ussr, and therefore that the experience of the cold war could offer useful. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr 01, 2020. Vol 1, no 3 journal of cold war studies mit press journals. A military history kindle edition by ambrose, stephen e. The cold war was a period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union and the united states and their respective allies, the eastern bloc and the western bloc, after world war ii.
A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. He is author of yugoslavia and the soviet union in the early cold war. Cold war history rg journal impact rankings 2018 and 2019. The cambridge history of the cold war chcw marks a coming of age for cold war studies. The cold war was an important episode, but with roots in earlier history and with ramifications that continue to influence the postcold war world. Journals devoted, in part or entirely, to the period have proliferated. The articles have been published over the life of the journal, and have been selected to emphasise the different approaches presented in the. Research offcampus without worrying about access issues. It was established in 2000 and is published by routledge. Cold war pressures, regional strategies, and relative decline. The balkans in the cold war svetozar rajak palgrave. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cold war. The origins of the cold war in united states history. The book analyzes the cold war as the primary event and framework that dominated.
There were, to be sure, many morally complex moments during this long struggle, but the cold war was, at its core, as clear a conflict of good versus evil as world war ii had been. This topsecret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was completed in 1977 under the auspices of viktor chebrikov, the deputy head of the kgb who later became head of the agency. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on president nixon s policies in vietnam and president reagan s approach to u. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press journals.
The journal appeals to readers from a wide variety of disciplines, including american studies, international economics latest articles. Emerging features of the new world illuminate not only the new agenda of world politics but also the cold war. The balkans in the cold war svetozar rajak palgrave macmillan. Though the cold war ended with the dissolution of the soviet bloc in the 1980s and the fall of the soviet union in 1991, it still affects modern geopolitics. Clear, concise, and compelling, the cold war is a superb primer on the subject. Accepted manuscript manuscripts that have been selected for publication. The cambridge history of the cold war edited by melvyn p. The human sciences in cold war america cambridge core. The journal of military history, the quarterly journal of the society for military history, has published scholarly articles on the military history of all eras and geographical areas since 1937. The cold war period saw a dramatic expansion of statefunded science and technology research. Investigations of how the global cold war shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science. The cold war is usually referred to using this term since no military confrontation ever took place between the two nations.
Government and military patronage shaped cold war technoscientific practices, imposing methods that were project oriented, team based, and subject to national. British military and strategic planning for cyprus. Vladimir petrovic, journal of cold war studies, july 12, 2019. An international history is a must read for all history enthusiasts. Hanhimaki and odd arne westad present an impressive array of primary materials designed to examine the cold war as a global. Access provided by north american lake management society nalms. Decolonization, the global south, and the cold war, 19191962 mark philip bradley23.
Aug, 2018 there were, to be sure, many morally complex moments during this long struggle, but the cold war was, at its core, as clear a conflict of good versus evil as world war ii had been. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 18 issue 2. Cold war history takes pride in the excellent research presented in the journal to illuminate new aspects of the history of the cold war. Diplomatic history is the official journal of society for historians of american foreign relations shafr. These special subject collections are being brought out to highlight this work and make it available to new audiences. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This multivolume compilation provides a synthesis of the new cold war history. What impact did the cuban revolution have on the cold war. This journal is a member of the committee on publication ethics. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr 01. This article seeks to explain the chief characteristics of the historiography of the human sciences in cold war america by describing its formation in the interstices of three distinct lines of inquiry. The editorsinchief are bastiaan bouwman london school of economics and political science and lindsay aqui university of london.
The cold war rivalry between the united states and the soviet union lasted for decades and resulted in anticommunist suspicions and international incidents that led the two superpowers to the. Oil, resources, and the cold war, 19451962 david s. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 19 issue 4. Declassified documentation and firsthand accounts have enabled scholars to gain a much better understanding of some of the key events of the past century. Topsecret history of kgb, 1977, chapters 112 and appendix. Journal of cold war studies issues mit press journals. Eugen kogon and the origins of cold war liberalism. The journal of cold war studies projects at harvard. Cold war history, the journal of cold war studies, diplomatic. It began in the mid 1940s and lasted till the late 1980s. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a. Online document archive the journal of cold war studies. Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, the cold war.