Essays On The Cold War

Author : Murray Wolfson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349120055

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This book is concerned with the ideological origins of the cold war and how it was fought by economic means. The book revolves around four major themes. Firstly, it is argued that the origin of the cold war is not to be found in rational, economic motivation, but in ideology through which both the East and West perceived 'reality'. Secondly, these ideological preconceptions generated complex feed-back processes of hostility that lasted forty years. Thirdly, although this hostility was expressed in political, ideological and military terms, the decisive battle was fought in economic terms as each nation devoted resources to unproductive military purposes. Finally, the end of the cold war came with the collapse of the dysfunctional Soviet economy. Although, the Soviets lost the cold war, in the light of the ascendancy of its competitors, the United States did not win it.

Author : Chris York,Rafiel York
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786489473

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Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 by Chris York,Rafiel York Pdf

Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:932324051

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Towards a New Cold War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gar Alperovitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Cold War
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041557807

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Cold War Essays by Gar Alperovitz Pdf

Author : Keith Philip Lepor
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780292788350

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After the Cold War by Keith Philip Lepor Pdf

The end of the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union reassured people around the world who had lived in fear of a nuclear confrontation between the superpowers. Yet the early euphoria over "peace dividends" and a "new world order" was premature. Conflicts within and between nation-states are springing up around the globe, challenging world leaders and ordinary citizens to find peaceful means for national, group, and individual self-determination. In this book of specially commissioned essays, twenty world leaders assess the possibilities and perils of the new strategic, political, and economic interrelationships that are emerging around the world. They tackle such fundamental questions as: What is the future of the international system as we approach the twenty-first century? What will be the fate of disintegrating nation-states, and how will the international community respond? Has the nation-state outlived its usefulness? Are we beginning to witness the complete breakdown of the international system? The contributors are: Ali Alatas (Indonesia) Tariq Aziz (Iraq) James A. Baker III (United States) Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan) Boutros Boutros-Ghali (United Nations) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil) Osama El-Baz (Egypt) Eduardo Frei (Chile) Alberto Fujimori (Peru) Rachid Ghannouchi (eminent Islamic thinker) Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian Federation) Kamal Kharrazi (Iran) Andrei Kozyrev (Russian Federation) Leonid Kuchma (Ukraine) Nelson Mandela (South Africa) Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan) Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) Muammar El-Qadhafi (Libya) Fidel Ramos (Philippines) Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao (India)

Author : Robert A. Goldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:13944891

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Beyond the Cold War by Robert A. Goldwin Pdf

Author : Robert Griffith,Athan G. Theoharis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015000954142

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The Specter; Original Essays on the Cold War and the Origins of McCarthyism by Robert Griffith,Athan G. Theoharis Pdf

Author : Public Affairs Conference Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Cold War
ISBN : UOM:39015002644329

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Beyond the Cold War by Public Affairs Conference Center Pdf

Revision of papers presented at a conference held Oct. 1963, at the invitation of the director of the Public Affairs Conference Center of the University of Chicago.

Author : Walter Laqueur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351292306

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Fin de Siecle and Other Essays on America and Europe by Walter Laqueur Pdf

First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Author : Alan John Percivale Taylor
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070508101

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From the Boer War to the Cold War by Alan John Percivale Taylor Pdf

A.J.P. Taylor was one of the 20th century's foremost historians, admired by both the history-reading public, and professional historians. His essays, like his books, deal with the big issues and major figures of the British and continental European past. His substantial studies of European relations and of Britain between the outbreak of the First World War and the conclusion of the Second World War remain standard works. This book contains the best of Taylor's essays, including pieces on Balfour, Asquith, the First World War, Trotsky, Mussolini, Hitler, Bevin, Churchill, and the start of the Cold War. -- Publisher description

Author : Gerald K. Haines,Robert E. Leggett
Publisher : Central Intelligence Agency
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015060782086

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Watching the Bear by Gerald K. Haines,Robert E. Leggett Pdf

Presents papers from the conference: "CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991" at Princeton University on 9-10 March 2001. Focuses on the organizational evolution of the CIA's analysis of the Soviet economic, political, military, and scientific and technological developments during the Cold War. Assesses the extent to which Western analyses of the Soviet Union may have influenced the USSR's policy making process.

Author : Harry S. Truman
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826212034

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Dear Bess by Harry S. Truman Pdf

This correspondence, which encompasses Truman's courtship of his wife, his service in the senate, his presidency, and after, reveals not only the character of Truman's mind but also a shrewd observer's view of American politics.

Author : John Gerard Ruggie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134856763

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Constructing the World Polity by John Gerard Ruggie Pdf

Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie's ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include: * International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old. * The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity. * Making History. America and the issue of 'agency' in the post-Cold Was era. NATO and the future transatlantic security community. The United Nations and the collective use of force.

Author : John Mueller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134725434

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War and Ideas by John Mueller Pdf

This book collects the key essays, together with updating notes and commentary, of Professor John Mueller on war and the role of ideas and opinions. Mueller has maintained that war (and peace) are, in essence, merely ideas, and that war has waned as the notion that 'peace' is a decidedly good idea has gained currency. The first part of the book extends this argument, noting that as ideas have spread, war is losing out not only in the developed world, but now in the developing one, and that even civil war is in marked decline. It also assesses and critiques theories arguing that this phenomenon is caused by the rising acceptance of democracy and/or capitalism. The second part argues that the Cold War was at base a clash of ideas that were seen to be threatening, not of arms balances, domestic systems, geography, or international structure. It also maintains that there has been a considerable tendency to exaggerate security threats—currently, in particular, the one presented by international terrorism—and to see them in excessively military terms. The third section deals with the role public opinion plays in foreign policy, and argues that many earlier conclusions about opinion during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, including especially ones concerning the importance of casualties in determining popular support for war, apply to more recent military ventures in the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It also assesses the difficulties leaders and idea entrepreneurs often encounter when they try to manage or manipulate public opinion. This book will be of much interest to students of international relations, security studies, foreign policy and international history.

Author : Sanford R. Lieberman,David E Powell,Carol R Saivetz,Sarah M Terry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000305708

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The Soviet Empire Reconsidered by Sanford R. Lieberman,David E Powell,Carol R Saivetz,Sarah M Terry Pdf

The demise of any empire provides an occasion for fresh examination of longaccepted "truths" about its history and its intrinsic nature: What set this particular empire apart from others? Why did it develop in the way that it did? Could events have taken a different path? What legacies has the empire left to its heirs? In this volume, eminent scholars reflect on the unique and central features of the Soviet empire during its period of consolidation in Europe and speculate on the long-term effects of its collapse. They reconsider subjects that have absorbed Adam Ulam's attention in his own work—the ideologies of central planning, of totalitarianism and state terror at home, and of intervention abroad—and explore their impact on the people who lived under Soviet power at its apogee. They also analyze the unraveling of the system on the domestic scene, in elite and grassroots politics, and in the international arena. Concluding chapters focus on the configuration of new domestic and foreign policies and on prospects for security and cooperation in the region.