Understanding the Cold War : history, approaches and debate / Elspeth O'Riordan.
O'Riordan, Elspeth Y., 1972-
2023
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Title
Understanding the Cold War : history, approaches and debate / Elspeth O'Riordan.
Author
O'Riordan, Elspeth Y., 1972-
ISBN
9783031060755 (electronic bk.)
303106075X (electronic bk.)
3031060741
9783031060748
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06075-5
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1 volume)
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10.1007/978-3-031-06075-5 doi
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D843
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.8/25
Summary
This book provides an advanced introduction to the Cold War, assessing its origins, development and conclusion as a dynamic interaction between superpower confrontation and complex regional and local situations. The evolution of the subjects scholarly debate is discussed throughout and the contest situated alongside enduring historical themes including decolonisation, development, nationalism and globalisation. Regional case studies, on Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, illuminate the Cold Wars global reach. Thematic analysis considers competition in military, strategic and economic spheres, as well as in aspects of culture, ideology, society, and Human Rights. The Cold Wars transnational elements and facets of international cooperation are also highlighted. The book unpacks the subjects extensive scholarly discourse, underlining the interdisciplinary character of todays Cold War historiography and the importance of understanding that its development has been informed by a vibrant interface between international history, international relations and the Cold War itself. Elspeth ORiordan is a Visiting Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at Kings College London, in the UK. She studied at the London School of Economics and has held lectureships at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee in Scotland. Her research focuses on twentieth-century British and international history. She has published widely on British foreign policy in the interwar and post-war periods, including the book, Britain and the Ruhr Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001). .
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UNDERSTANDING THE COLD WAR.
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1. Introduction
Part I
2. Historical Background: World War II and Tensions in the Wartime Alliance
3. The Origins of the Cold War in Europe: from World War II to the Berlin Blockade
4. Studying the Cold War: core themes and concepts. Is there a new international history of the Cold War?
5. The Early Development of the Cold War in Europe: the division of Germany, the formation of NATO and European Integration
6. The Origins of the Cold War in East Asia: the emergence of communist China, Japan and the Korean War
Part II
7. The Superpowers and the Cold War in the 1950s
8. Crises 19581962
9. The Vietnam War
10. The Cold War and the Third World: Latin America
11. The Middle East and the Cold War
12. Waging the Cold War
Part III
13. Detente
14. The Travails of Detente
15. Beyond Geopolitics: economics, culture and the transnational Cold War
16. The Superpowers and the end of the Cold War
17. Regional Finales.

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