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Book SynopsisThis book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often defy a noticeable amount of conventional wisdom on the ground of careful and authoritative scholarly research.
Trade ReviewRaffaele D'Agata is one of Italy's best known historians of the Cold War era. -- Odd Arne Westad, Harvard University
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 SECTION 1: WHAT WAS AT STAKE FOR THE "LOSERS"? Chapter 4 Wilfred Loth Soviet Ambivalences, Western Overstatements Chapter 5 Odd Arne Westad Ideas and Power: The Soviet Inner Debate in the 1970s Chapter 6 Rodolfo Ragionieri An Actor in Search of a Theory: Explaining Gorbachev's Decision Making in 1989 Chapter 7 Panel: On Revisions and Comparisons Part 8 SECTION II: WHAT STAKES DID THE "WINNERS" GAIN? Chapter 9 Raffaele D'Agata Ostpolitik, Ero-Communism, and Détente: Responding to the World Crisis Chapter 10 Lawrence Gray An Uneasy Empire: Myth, Obsession, Identity and American Policy Chapter 11 Gian Paolo Calchi Novati The Defeat of the Third World: The Case of the Horn of Africa Chapter 12 Panel: The Security Issue and the Chances of Western Communication Part 13 The Contributors
