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Book SynopsisAn alternative perspective on the Cold War that broadens our understanding of the nature of political conflict.
Trade Review'A comprehensive reinterpretation of world politics in the 'short twentieth century'
-- Mark Rupert, Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA
'Richard Saull takes the long view of the rise and fall of the Cold War and into the turbulent history of the twentieth century. A must read for those looking for another way of thinking about our dark times'
-- Professor Michael Cox, Department of International Relations and Director of the Cold War Studies Centre at the London School of Economics
'Demolishes standard accounts of the Cold War and its aftermath and ends with an intricate, complex approach to the political geography of the war on terror. An indispensable book'
-- Professor Marilyn Young, Department of History, New York University
'Richard Saull's brilliant [book] is an indispensable account of the Cold War which challenges the standard accounts theoretically and analytically. He carries the reader along in a vigourously argued and persuasively written narrative. No other book on the Cold War comes close to Saull's striking integration of socio-economic, ideological, strategic and military perspectives'
-- Professor Marilyn Young, Department of History, New York University
'Saull's survey of the theoretical debate on the Cold War is sophisticated and illuminating. It raises fundamental theoretical issues about the sociology of contemporary international politics'
-- Peter Gowan, Professor of International Relations, London Metropolitan University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1. Introduction: History and Theory in the Cold War
2. The International Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution and the
Early Cold War, 1917-1945
3. The Cold War Transformed: Geopolitical Restructuring
and a New Wave of Social Revolution, 1945-49
4. The Militarization of Cold War: The Containment of the USSR 4
and the Emergence of New Revolutionary Fronts, 1950-62
5. The Final Gasp of Cold War: The Decline of US Military Superiority and the Expansion of International Communist Power, 1962-80
6. Ending the Cold War: From Militarized Counter-Revolution to the Collapse of Soviet Communism, 1980-91
7. Conclusions: Tracing the Paradoxical Ends of the Cold War and the Origins of Contemporary Conflict in World Politics
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