This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often defy a noticeable amount of conventional wisdom on the ground of careful and authoritative scholarly research.
This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often defy a noticeable amount of conventional wisdom on the ground of careful and authoritative scholarly research.
Raffaele D'Agata is professor of contemporary history at the University of Sassari. He has published books on international twentieth-century history, including Da Monaco a Bretton Woods: l'evoluzione transnazionale degli interessi e degli scopi (Milan: Franco Angeli, 1989) and La nemesi dei prestadenaro : economia mondiale e Guerra fredda, 1944-1948 (Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2001).
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Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 SECTION 1: WHAT WAS AT STAKE FOR THE "LOSERS"? Chapter 4 Wilfred Loth Soviet Ambivalences, Western Overstatements Chapter 5 Odd Arne Westad Ideas and Power: The Soviet Inner Debate in the 1970s Chapter 6 Rodolfo Ragionieri An Actor in Search of a Theory: Explaining Gorbachev's Decision Making in 1989 Chapter 7 Panel: On Revisions and Comparisons Part 8 SECTION II: WHAT STAKES DID THE "WINNERS" GAIN? Chapter 9 Raffaele D'Agata Ostpolitik, Ero-Communism, and Détente: Responding to the World Crisis Chapter 10 Lawrence Gray An Uneasy Empire: Myth, Obsession, Identity and American Policy Chapter 11 Gian Paolo Calchi Novati The Defeat of the Third World: The Case of the Horn of Africa Chapter 12 Panel: The Security Issue and the Chances of Western Communication Part 13 The Contributors
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 SECTION 1: WHAT WAS AT STAKE FOR THE "LOSERS"? Chapter 4 Wilfred Loth Soviet Ambivalences, Western Overstatements Chapter 5 Odd Arne Westad Ideas and Power: The Soviet Inner Debate in the 1970s Chapter 6 Rodolfo Ragionieri An Actor in Search of a Theory: Explaining Gorbachev's Decision Making in 1989 Chapter 7 Panel: On Revisions and Comparisons Part 8 SECTION II: WHAT STAKES DID THE "WINNERS" GAIN? Chapter 9 Raffaele D'Agata Ostpolitik, Ero-Communism, and Détente: Responding to the World Crisis Chapter 10 Lawrence Gray An Uneasy Empire: Myth, Obsession, Identity and American Policy Chapter 11 Gian Paolo Calchi Novati The Defeat of the Third World: The Case of the Horn of Africa Chapter 12 Panel: The Security Issue and the Chances of Western Communication Part 13 The Contributors
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