The making of the Cold War enemy : culture and politics in the military-intellectual complex / Ron Robin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robin, Ron Theodore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research institutes.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Cold War--Social aspects--United States.

Cold War.

Social aspects.

Research institutes--United States--History--20th century.

Intellectuals--Political activity--United States--History--20th century.

Intellectuals.

Intellectuals--Political activity.

United States--Foreign relations--Asia.

Asia.

Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]

Summary:

"A first-rate book by a first-rate historian. Among works on the Cold War, Ron Robin's book stands out on account of the sheer quality of its exposition and analysis and because of its attention to the less-studied and distinctly problematical field of behavior sciences. "The Making of the Cold War Enemy will attract readers interested in the Cold War and its culture, American intellectual history, and the Korean and Vietnam wars."--Michael S. Sherry, Northwestern University

"Ron Robin has written a fascinating account of the ideology of Cold War America, focusing on the emergence of the behavioral sciences. Most historians take as a given the intellectual assumptions of the Cold War. But few have offered a critical examination of the thinking behind the entire enterprise and/or analyzed in any detail how and why particular concepts became dominant. Robin does both, brilliantly, in this book."--Marilyn B. Young, New York University

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-270) and index.

ISBN:

0691011710

OCLC:

44794846