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America and the Cold War, 1941-1991 a Realist Interpretation

Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them.

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  • "America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist Interpretation is a sweeping historical account that focuses on the policy differences at the center of this conflict. In its pages, three preeminent authors offer an examination of contemporary criticism of the Cold War, documenting the views of observers who appreciated that many policies of the period were not only dangerous, but could not resolve the very problems they contemplated."
  • "Early academic historians of America's Cold War focused on the exercise of power; that is, they questioned Washington's goals and the means available to achieve these ends. These historians of power assessed American policies in realist terms, namely, their relationship to national interests and the limits of the nation's power. Much of the post-1960s literature, however, ignored traditional diplomatic and political history and turned instead to a variety of themes that diffused the element of power and led to Cold War histories that generally ignored the realist tradition in American foreign policy. In drafting the core of this critical analysis of America's Cold War experiences, the authors have applied the basic precepts of the realist tradition, and have done so largely by emphasizing contemporary sources. The result is a sweeping interpretive history of America's Cold War, chronicling the events of U.S.-Soviet relations from World War II to the collapse of Moscow-dominated Communism, while employing realist principles that may prompt current and future denizens of the White House and the Kremlin-- and the American public-- to develop and assess foreign policies with far more care than has been characteristic recently."
  • "The study offers a comprehensive chronicle of U.S. Soviet relations from World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It places the origins of the Cold War as related to the contentious issues of World War II and stresses the failure of Washington to understand or seriously seek settlement of those issues. It points out how nuclear weaponry gradually assumed political stature and came to dominate high-level, Soviet-American diplomatic activity, at the same time discounting the nation that the Cold War was a global ideological confrontation for the future of civilization. A concluding chapter draws lessons from the Cold War decades, showing how they apply to dealing with nation-states and terrorist groups today. --Book Jacket."
  • "What were the origins of the Cold War? What policies fueled it? Why did the Cold War perpetuate the nuclear arms race? How did it end? Who "won" the Cold War and why does it matter? The significance of the debate surrounding the answers to these questions makes for fascinating reading as it sheds light on the late 20th century--and its aftermath."
  • "Three distinguished diplomatic historians offer an assessment of the Cold War in the realist tradition that focuses on balancing the objectives of foreign policy with the means of accomplishing them."@en

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