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 Cold War as comparative political thought Richard Shorten Pages: 385–408 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1434508
War veterans, international politics, and the early Cold War, 1945–50 Ángel Alcalde Pages: 409–427 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1455663
Comrades-in-arms: the Chinese Communist Party’s relations with African political organisations in the Mao era, 1949–76 Joshua Eisenman Pages: 429–445 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1440549
Human rights and basic needs: Jimmy Carter’s North-South dialogue, 1977–81 Michael Franczak Pages: 447–464 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1468437
To adapt to the Cold War bipolar order? Or to challenge it? Macmillan and de Gaulle’s rift in the face of the Second Berlin Crisis Frédéric Gloriant Pages: 465–483 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1434509
‘Dog-beating stick’: General Zhang Aiping’s contribution to the modernisation of China’s nuclear force and strategy since 1977 Lei Liu Pages: 485–501 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1434507
Soviet ‘renegades’, Black Panthers, and Angela Davis: the politics of dissent in the Soviet press, 1968–73 Meredith L. Roman Pages: 503–519 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1465932
Book Reviews
Safeguarding democratic capitalism: US foreign policy and national security, 1920–2015 Michael Cox Pages: 521–522 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1533687
Vietnam’s American war: a history Geoffrey C. Stewart Pages: 523–525 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1533689
From Selma to Moscow: how human rights activists transformed U.S. foreign policy Joe Renouard Pages: 525–528 / DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2018.1533690