The term cold is used because there was no largescale fighting directly between the two. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 19 issue 4. The risk of turning the cold war into an actual wareven worse, a nuclear warwas just too great. Two years later, the allies had broken their friendship. Cambridge university press 9781107698901 history for the ib diploma.
Online document archive the journal of cold war studies. Cold war history takes pride in the excellent research presented in the journal to illuminate new aspects of the history of the cold war. Learn about the berlin wall, the cuban missle crisis, nato, the space race and more. Vladimir petrovic, journal of cold war studies, july 12, 2019. The editorsinchief are bastiaan bouwman london school of economics and political science and lindsay aqui university of london. The balkans in the cold war brings refreshing insights and important contributions. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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 journal of cold war studies projects at harvard. They have not been typeset and the text may change before final. Cold war history, the journal of cold war studies, diplomatic. 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.
Diplomatic history is the official journal of society for historians of american foreign relations shafr. 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. 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. It was established in 2000 and is published by routledge. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cold war. A new cold war narrative, increasingly popular, interprets this competition as a resumption of the cold war.
In total, the volumes represent a successful interconnected attempt at describing the cold war in full. 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. 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. A military history kindle edition by ambrose, stephen e. Fredrik logevall, university of california, santa barbara. This article surveys political, economic and cultural issues of britishbulgarian relations.
Reconciliation, comradeship, confrontation, 19531957 2010. The balkans in the cold war svetozar rajak palgrave macmillan. The authorised history of british defence economic intelligence. The origins of the cold war in united states history.
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. This journal is a member of the committee on publication ethics. Investigations of how the global cold war shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science. The cold war and the americas 19451981 john stanley excerpt2 more information. An international history is a must read for all history enthusiasts. 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. Decolonization, the global south, and the cold war, 19191962 mark philip bradley23.
Declassified documentation and firsthand accounts have enabled scholars to gain a much better understanding of some of the key events of the past century. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on president nixon s policies in vietnam and president reagan s approach to u. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. Indeed, an evenhanded interpretation is more entrenched in textbook presentations on the subject than it is among diplo. What impact did the cuban revolution have on the cold war. The articles have been published over the life of the journal, and have been selected to emphasise the different approaches presented in the. Journal of cold war studies issues mit press journals.
Some articles offer reevaluations of important historical events or themes, emphasizing the changes of interpretation necessitated by declassified documents and new firsthand accounts. 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. 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. The cold war revised wilfrid knapp, 1968 sage journals. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 18 issue 2. The origins of the cold war in united states history textbooks authors.
Research offcampus without worrying about access issues. May 06, 2020 all journal articles featured in cold war history vol 20 issue 2. 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. The cold war 1947 1991 introduction the grand alliance formed by the u. He is author of yugoslavia and the soviet union in the early cold war. The cambridge history of the cold war edited by melvyn p. The cold war between communistbloc nations and western allies defined postwar politics. The balkans in the cold war svetozar rajak palgrave. The book analyzes the cold war as the primary event and framework that dominated. A post cold war history offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the cold war. Project muse the journal of military historyvolume 73. A critical appraisal of american national security policy during the cold war the long peace.
It argues that neither bulgaria nor britain appeared to have interest in total isolation. Using military force to strike back against the soviet blockade seemed equally unwise. Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, the cold war. A postcold war history offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the cold war.
Emerging features of the new world illuminate not only the new agenda of world politics but also the cold war. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns. 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 journal appeals to readers from a wide variety of disciplines, including american studies, international economics latest articles. Therefore, anglobulgarian relations were about more than political. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr 01, 2020. Access provided by north american lake management society nalms. 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. These special subject collections are being brought out to highlight this work and make it available to new audiences.
The cold war was an important episode, but with roots in earlier history and with ramifications that continue to influence the postcold war world. 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. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press journals. Government and military patronage shaped cold war technoscientific practices, imposing methods that were project oriented, team based, and subject to national. 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. 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. 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. Cold war, third world, social history, pedagogy, curriculum. 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. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr. Oil, resources, and the cold war, 19451962 david s. Meaningful learning 2017 ipa journal performance engineering of software systems alfs motivation and mini sermons for yes even you. Cold war pressures, regional strategies, and relative decline.
A history in documents and eyewitness accounts, jussi m. The period is generally considered to span the 1947 truman doctrine to the 1991 dissolution of the soviet union. Vol 1, no 3 journal of cold war studies mit press journals. The book analyzes the cold war as the primary event and framework that dominated american thought and action for half a century. A very short introduction mcmahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. Accepted manuscript manuscripts that have been selected for publication. Science and technology in the global cold war the mit press. The human sciences in cold war america cambridge core. Clear, concise, and compelling, the cold war is a superb primer on the subject. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 20 issue 2. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press. This is an exciting time to research and write the history of the cold war.
Topsecret history of kgb, 1977, chapters 112 and appendix. The cold war is usually referred to using this term since no military confrontation ever took place between the two nations. The journal of cold war studies jcws, as the name suggests, is a journal that focuses on. 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. Journal of contemporary history volume 55, number 2, apr 01. This multivolume compilation provides a synthesis of the new cold war history. The cold war period saw a dramatic expansion of statefunded science and technology research. British military and strategic planning for cyprus.
The united states and the origins of the cold war, 19411947 russia, the soviet union, and the united states. Hanhimaki and odd arne westad present an impressive array of primary materials designed to examine the cold war as a global. It began in the mid 1940s and lasted till the late 1980s. Eugen kogon and the origins of cold war liberalism. Table of contents for journal of contemporary history, 55, 2, apr 01, 2020.