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 Colombo Powers: crafting diplomacy in the Third World and launching Afro-Asia at Bandung Cindy Ewing Pages: 1–19 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1500553
‘The essential weaknesses of the December 1979 “Agreement”’: the White House and the implementing of the dual-track decision Marilena Gala Pages: 21–38 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1462339
Troublemaker or peacemaker? Andreas Papandreou, the Euromissile Crisis, and the policy of peace, 1981–86 Eirini Karamouzi & Dionysios Chourchoulis Pages: 39–61 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1497014
Navigating global socialism: Tanzanian students in and beyond East Germany Eric Burton Pages: 63–83 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1485146
East German pragmatism, China’s policy of differentiation, and Soviet miscalculation: Hermann Matern’s 1961 trip to China revisited Tao Chen Pages: 85–99 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1483341
The fateful Indian recognition of West Germany, 1949 Amit R. Das Gupta Pages: 101–117 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1454901
The German question in Jakarta Indonesia in West Germany’s foreign policy, 1955–65 Till Florian Tömmel Pages: 119–140 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1504777
Historiographical Review
Border crossings and the remaking of Latin American Cold War Studies Gilbert M. Joseph Pages: 141–170 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2019.1557824