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
North Korea and Zimbabwe, 1978–1982: from the strategic alliance to the symbolic comradeship between Kim Il Sung and Robert MugabeLyong Choi & Il-young JeongPages: 329–349 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1328406
Overlapping rivalries: the two Germanys, Israel and the Cold WarLorena De VitaPages: 351–366 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1322580
China and Albania: the Cultural Revolution and Cold War RelationsYlber MarkuPages: 367–383 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1307179
Solidarity within limits: Interkit and the evolution of the Soviet Bloc’s Indochina policy, 1967–1985Balázs SzalontaiPages: 385–403 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1319818
Soviet Public Diplomacy in China: “Small Steps” towards Bilateral Rapprochement (1978–1985)Alsu TagirovaPages: 405–423 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1307180
From imperial revenants to Cold War victims: ‘red repatriates’ from the Soviet Union and the making of the new Japan, 1949–1952Sherzod MuminovPages: 425–442 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1324849
Book Reviews
Dealing with dictators: the United States, Hungary, and East Central Europe, 1942–1989Malcolm ByrnePages: 443–445 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1382975
Nixon’s Nuclear Spectre: The Secret Alert of 1969, Madman Diplomacy, and the Vietnam WarLeopoldo NutiPages: 445–448 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1382976
Hearts, Minds, Voices: US Cold War Public Diplomacy and the Formation of the Third WorldLori MaguirePages: 448–450 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1382979
Editorial Board
Editorial BoardPages: ebi–ebi / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2017.1382770