The origins of the Cold War / Caroline Kennedy-Pipe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy-Pipe, Caroline, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

International relations.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

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

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.

Physical Description:

viii, 193 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

The Cold War saw the two great powers of the twentieth century locked in conflict and the world divided along ideological lines. What were the events which caused this state of affairs? What role did the leaders of the time - Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill - play? What lessons might be drawn from the genesis of that conflict for our own increasingly fraught and anxious times?

Caroline Kennedy-Pipe provides a lively and authoritative account of the origins of the Cold War, looking first to its roots in the impact of the Russian Revolution and tracing its evolution through to its physical embodiment in the Berlin Wall. She explores the emergence of the competition between Russia and the United States and argues that the Cold War was not a confrontation that anyone sought but one that arose from a complex interplay of factors. Looking at the clash of ideas and personalities that characterized this period, she argues that studying the struggle with communism provides important insights into current international relations and the battle of ideas with radical terrorism.

Contents:

1 Cold Wars: Themes and Trajectories 12

Debating the Cold War: Historiographical Thoughts 14

The Cold War and the New Wars on Terror: Three Resonances 25

The Cold War as History 27

The Importance of History to International Relations 31

2 Casting Long Shadows: Revolution to War 36

Russia and the Revolution 37

Competing Visions after World War I 43

Mixing Ideology and Power: The Geopolitics of Revolution and Counter-Revolution 46

Reflections 55

3 Wars and Empire 57

The Impact of Operation 'Barbarossa' 58

Roosevelt and Stalin: Another 'Brutal Friendship"? 62

Spheres of Influence, Ideological and Political 64

Shocks and Turning Points 69

The Decay of the Grand Alliance 73

'Bipolarity' and the Creation of the 'Cold War' 77

4 Far From Hegemony? Uncertainties and Constraints in the Early Cold War 80

The Marshall Plan 81

The Soviet Response 86

Berlin - the First Crisis 89

The Origins of the Cold War: Beyond Europe 90

The Enemies within 92

'Police Action' in Korea 94

An Era of Perpetual Crisis 98

Reflections 101

5 The Shape of the Cold War 103

Mirror Images? 104

Europe in the High Cold War 107

Resistance and Repression 113

China: the Personal and the Political 119

Khrushchev and Nuclear Weapons 121

The Tipping Point? The Cuban Missile Crisis 126

Cold War Frameworks 129

6 Reflections on the Origins of the Cold War Shapes 132

The Cold War Crystallizes 136

The End of the Beginning 146

7 The Cold War Then and Now: Landscapes and Shadows 151

The Importance of History 151

Ideology 154

Structures and Agents 160

Modern Resonances 164

A Wider View? 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230535503

023053550X

0230535518

9780230535510

OCLC:

156831844