Creating the Second Cold War: The Discourse of Politics (History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic) - Hardcover

Simon Dalby

 
9781474291248: Creating the Second Cold War: The Discourse of Politics (History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic)

Synopsis

The Cold War is over, yet many attitudes and analyses typical of the period persisted in the strategic thinking of the Great Powers. In this brilliantly original study, Simon Dalby uses the conceptual tools of geopolitical analysis to uncover the essence of American strategic discourse. Focussing on the period of the late 1970s, he shows how Washington pressure groups, political organisations and, in particular, the Committee on the Present Danger, recreated a language of confrontation that deeply influenced Western attitudes towards the Soviet Union in ways that continue to shape foreign policy.

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About the Author

Simon Dalby is the CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

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ISBN 10:  0898625378 ISBN 13:  9780898625370
Publisher: Guilford Publications, 1990
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