Beyond the Cold War: Superpowers at the Crossroads: Volume 14 (Exxon Educational Foundation Series on Rhetoric and Political Discourse, Volume 14) - Softcover

Cox, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819178659 ISBN 13: 9780819178657

Publisher: University Press of America, 1990

Synopsis

Since the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev, observers increasingly ask, 'Is the Cold War over? What do these changes mean for foreign policy? How confident can we be about anyone's ability to foresee the future?' This volume brings together a representative group of interpreters of the Cold War to address some of the recurrent questions. Responses divide both scholars and politicians. Critics of the Bush administration charge it has shown more nostalgia for the familiar patterns of the Cold War than energy in responding to changes in Soviet-American relations. Serious scholars who often agree on foreign policy assessments differ on key issues concerning the end of the Cold War and what will take its place. Contributors: William D. Anderson, Clay Clemens, Michael Cox, Anton W. Deporte, R. Bates Gill, Norman Graebner, Sterling Kernek, Shao-Chuan Leng, Peter Rutland, Peter Shearman, Steve Smith, Jack Spence, and Kenneth W. Thompson. Co-Published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

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About the Author

Michael Cox is Senior Commissioning Editor, Reference Books, at OUP and is currently compiling 'The Oxford Chronology of English Literature' on a freelance basis. His previous books for the Press include 'A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works', 'Victorian Ghost Stories' (with R. A. Gilbert),
'Victorian Detective Stories', and 'The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories'. R. A. Gilbert is a well-known antiquarian bookseller and a world authority on the historiography of esoteric thought in general, and on the occult currents of the nineteenth century in particular.

Synopsis

Since the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev, observers increasingly question whether the Cold War is over. This volume brings together a representative group of interpreters of the Cold War to address some of the recurrent questions that divide both scholars and politicians. Some critics of the Bush administration accuse it of showing more nostalgia for old patterns of thinking than finding ways of responding to changes in Soviet-American relations and scholars differ on key issues concerning the end of the Cold War and what will take its place.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819178659
• ISBN 13: 9780819178657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258