As the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, scholars of contemporary international affairs started taking a new look at the basic conflicts that had dominated the latter part of the twentieth century. A plentiful new historical literature on the Cold War era has come into being, greatly helped by the increase in access to archives and other source materials in most countries of the world, from the former Communist states in Europe, to China, to South Africa and elsewhere.
Cold War History is based in the Cold War Studies Programme at LSE IDEAS, the London School of Economics Centre for International Affairs, Strategy and Diplomacy. It makes available the results of recent research on the origins and development of the Cold War and its impact on nations, alliances and regions at various levels of statecraft, as well as in areas such as the military and intelligence, the economy, and social and intellectual developments. The new history of the Cold War is a fascinating example of how experts – often working across national and disciplinary boundaries – are able to use newly available information to refine, or in some cases destroy, old images and interpretations. Cold War History publishes the best of this emerging scholarship, from a perspective that attempts to de-centre the era through paying special attention to the role of Europe and the Third World. The journal welcomes contributions from historians and representatives of other disciplines on all aspects of the global Cold War and its present repercussions.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Original Articles
The Sandinista revolution and the limits of the Cold War in Latin America: the dilemma of non-intervention during the Nicaraguan crisis, 1977–78 Gerardo Sánchez Nateras Pages: 111–129 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1369046
‘Drawing the line’ in El Salvador: Washington confronts insurgency in El Salvador, 1979–92 Brian D'Haeseleer Pages: 131–148 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1351430
Economic neutrality during the Cold War: the World Bank, the United States, and Pinochet’s Chile, 1973–1977 Claudia Kedar Pages: 149–167 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1420056
Communism and human rights in Pinochet’s Chile: the 1977 hunger strike against forced disappearance Alfonso Salgado Pages: 169–186 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1404988
Illusions of care: Iraqi students between the Ba’thist State and the Stasi in socialist East Germany, 1958–89 Julia Sittmann Pages: 187–202 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1415327
Neutrality challenged in a cold war conflict: Switzerland, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Angolan War Sabina Widmer Pages: 203–220 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1408072
‘In the very eye of the storm’: India, the UN, and the Lebanon crisis of 1958 Swapna Kona Nayudu Pages: 221–237 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1445997
Roundtable: Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War: A World History
The Cold War: A World History Nancy Mitchell Pages: 239–240 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1449567
Book Reviews
The Cold War: A World History Federico Romero Pages: 240–243 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1449568
The Cold War: A World History Sarah B. Snyder Pages: 243–245 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1449569
The Cold War: A World History Rana Mitter Pages: 245–247 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1449570
The Cold War: A World History Piero Gleijeses Pages: 248–250 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1449571