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 Contents
Original Articles
Reading the Cuban revolution from Bogotá, 1957–62 Robert A. Karl Pages: 337–358 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2016.1218848
Re-examining the end of Mao's revolution: China's changing statecraft and Sino-American relations, 1973–1978 Kazushi Minami Pages: 359–375 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2016.1218473
The Cold War and environmental history: complementary fields Simo Laakkonen, Viktor Pál & Richard Tucker Pages: 377–394 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2016.1248544
Articles
Forbidden and sublime forest landscapes: narrated experiences of Latvian national partisan women after World War II Sanita Reinsone Pages: 395–416 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2014.986108
Cold War landscapes: towards an environmental history of US development programmes in the 1950s and 1960s Thomas Robertson Pages: 417–441 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2014.950238
The appeal of appearing green: Soviet-American ideological competition and Cold War environmental diplomacy Stephen Brain Pages: 443–462 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2014.971015
World on fire: the politics of napalm in the Global Cold War Edwin A. Martini Pages: 463–481 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2015.1080242