Ending the Cold War [electronic resource] : Interpretations, Causation and the Study of International Relations / edited by R. Herrmann, R. Lebow.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9781403982810
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/22401
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2004.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Fiziksel Niteleme
256 p. online resource.
Dizi
New Visions in Security, 2945-6789
Özet, vb.
Although in hindsight the end of the Cold War seems almost inevitable, almost no one saw it coming and there is little consensus over why it ended. A popular interpretation is that the Soviet Union was unable to compete in terms of power, especially in the area of high technology. Another interpretation gives primacy to the new ideas Gorbachev brought to the Kremlin and to the importance of leaders and domestic considerations. In this volume, prominent experts on Soviet affairs and the Cold War interrogate these competing interpretations in the context of five 'turning points' in the end of the Cold War process. Relying on new information gathered in oral history interviews and archival research, the authors draw into doubt triumphal interpretations that rely on a single variable like the superior power of the United States and call attention to the importance of how multiple factors combined and were sequenced historically. The volume closes with chapters drawing lessons from the end of the Cold War for both policy making and theory building.
Konu
International relations.
Europe __ Politics and government.
Politics and war.
Political science.
International Relations.
European Politics.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Theory.
Diğer Yazarlar
Herrmann, R.
Lebow, R.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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