The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War

NOTE EDITORE

The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War offers a broad reassessment of the period based on new conceptual frameworks developed in the field of international history. Nearing the 25th anniversary of its end, the cold war now emerges as a distinct period in twentieth-century history, yet one which should be evaluated within the broader context of global political, economic, social, and cultural developments. The editors have brought together leading scholars in cold war history to offer a new assessment of the state of the field and identify fundamental questions for future research. The individual chapters in this volume evaluate both the extent and the limits of the cold war's reach in world history. They call into question orthodox ways of ordering the chronology of the cold war and also present new insights into the global dimension of the conflict. Even though each essay offers a unique perspective, together they show the interconnectedness between cold war and national and transnational developments, including long-standing conflicts that preceded the cold war and persisted after its end, or global transformations in areas such as human rights or economic and cultural globalization. Because of its broad mandate, the volume is structured not along conventional chronological lines, but thematically, offering essays on conceptual frameworks, regional perspectives, cold war instruments, and cold war challenges. The result is a rich and diverse account of the ways in which the cold war should be positioned within the wider context of world history.

SOMMARIO

1 - Introduction2 - Historicizing the Cold War3 - Ideology, Culture, and the Cold War4 - Economics and the Cold War5 - Geopolitics and the Cold War6 - The Cold War and the Imperialism of Nation-States7 - Soviet-American Relations through the Cold War8 - China and the Cold War9 - Great Britain and the Cold War, 1945-199010 - Western Europe11 - Eastern Europe12 - Latin America13 - South Asia14 - The Cold War in Southeast Asia15 - The Cold War and the Middle East16 - Africa17 - Japan and the Cold War: An Overview18 - Cold War Strategies/Power and Culture - East: Sources of Soviet Conduct Reconsidered19 - Power and Culture in the West20 - The Military21 - The Nuclear Revolution: A Product of the Cold War, or Something More?22 - International Institutions23 - Trade, Aid, and Economic Warfare24 - Cold War Intelligence History25 - Internal Challenges to the Cold War: Oppositional Movements East and West26 - Locating the Transnational in the Cold War27 - Decolonization and the Cold War28 - Human Rights29 - Race and the Cold War30 - Gender and Women's Rights in the Cold War31 - The Religious Cold War32 - The International Environmental Movement and the Cold War33 - Globalization and the Cold War34 - The End of the Cold War

AUTORE

Richard H. Immerman is Professor and Edward J. Buthusiem Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow in History at Temple University and the Marvin Wachman Director of its Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy. He currently chairs the Historical Advisory Committee to the United States' Department of State. Petra Goedde is Associate Professor of History at Temple University and Associate Director of Temple University's Center for the Humanities (CHAT).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198779391
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 245 x 35.6 x 169 mm Ø 1122 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 680