In 1999 the project began publishing the journal of cold war studies, which has been praised by authoritative outlets such as library journal and foreign policy. The cold war was a lengthy struggle between the united states and the soviet union that began in the aftermath of the surrender of hitlers germany. The journal of cold war studies jcws, as the name suggests, is a journal that focuses on aspects of the cold war hitherto uncovered in this particular field of academic research. Sarkar publishes article in journal of cold war studies the.
List of books and articles about cold war online research. The five articles in this special issue of the journal are intended to move the research agenda on ideas and the end of the cold war to a new level of rigor. The release of crucial documentation from the former eastbloc archives has shed new light on this question, but no consensus is likely to emerge. Browse the list of issues and latest articles from cold war. Lawson, mills college published by hdiplo on 5 october 1999 francis gavins engaging essay opens with a useful juxtaposition of two alternative perspectives. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. They develop new models of how ideas affected the outcome and, in so doing, take stock of this event to refine our understanding of how ideas work in international politics. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Journal of cold war studies how is journal of cold war. The journal is issued also under the auspices of the davis center for russian studies summer 2005. The protatgonists in the cold war were the west, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union.
Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns. Office for emergency management, office of war informationnational archives alex bitterman, alfred state college of technology, the state university of new york and daniel baldwin hess, university at buffalo, the state university of new york a key group of allies is missing in the u. Vol 20, no 1 journal of cold war studies mit press journals. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. Vol 22, no 1 journal of cold war studies mit press. The journal of cold war studies 20072012 jack michelmore rug. Kramer, mark, editors note, journal of cold war studies, 1 1999, pp. Declassified documentation and firsthand accounts have enabled. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. The cwsp focuses on the new history of the cold war, which uses new primary sources from recently opened archives to challenge conventional understandings, the global cold war in europe and third world not just the us and ussr, and the continuing modern day impact. Wood 15 revolutionary movements in asia and the cold war 251 michael h. Fredrik logevall, university of california, santa barbara.
Journal of cold war studies harvard project on cold war studies home. Journal of cold war studies impact factor, if, number of article, detailed information and journal factor. A very short introduction mcmahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. May 31, 2019 cold war studies project maintaining lse ideas as the leading centre in europe for advanced study and research on the cold war. In the process, the nigerian civil war started and marked one of the first times western countries were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of the suffering and the scale of the atrocities played out in this corner of the african continent p. The latter said in its summer 1999 issue that the journal of cold war studies promises to be a leading forum for pathbreaking archival research and that the journal fills an. Clear, concise, and compelling, the cold war is a superb primer on the subject. Detailed research in archives and other primary sources has added a great deal to our understanding of american universities during the cold war. In such a hot war, nuclear weapons might destroy everything. The cold war in asia, africa, and latin america 237 14 from the marshall plan to the third world 239 robert e. The journal of cold war studies projects at harvard. The reduced military threat to american security has triggered proposals for expanding the concept of national security to include nonmilitary threats to national wellbeing. The cold war shaped much of american foreign policy in the postworld war ii era the cold war was a period where the u. A vast range of cultural resources, from propaganda posters and radio broadcasts to sophisticated literary magazines, jazz bands, ballet troupes, and symphony orchestras, were weapons in what has recently come to be called the cultural cold war saunders 1999.
This is an exciting time to research and write the history of the cold war. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Journal of cold war studies rg journal impact rankings 2018. In the cold war between the us and ussr, the superpow ers and their allies relied heavily on intelligence to avert a fullscale war, which, in the nuclear age, could have led to catastrophic. Security studies and the end of the cold war cambridge core. But americas longestablished religiously inspired concern about losing russia is once more at the centre of debate what is it about russia that drives the angloamerican world mad. Pdf harris mylonas, journal of cold war studies, vol. Huw dylan is a lecturer in intelligence studies and international security at the department of war studies, kings college london. Nov 03, 2014 ten histories of the cold war worth reading. The abstract of the article is below, and the full pdf can be found here. The scientific journal journal of cold war studies is included in the scopus database. Leffler the first wave of post cold war historical writing is now upon us, and commentators are moving swiftly to explain its meaning. Eric ej824502 recent cold war studies, history teacher.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Price new from used from print, 1 year please retry print. The main subject areas of published articles are history, political science and international relations. A comparative analysis of the superpowers volume 19, issue 1 by tony shaw and denise j. The journal is edited by mark kramer, harvard university, and published by the mit press for the harvard project on cold war studies. November 3, 2014 berlin wall blog post blog posts represent the views of cfr fellows and staff and not those. Ten histories of the cold war worth reading council on. This topsecret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was completed in 1977 under the auspices of viktor chebrikov, the deputy head of the kgb who later became head of the agency. The cultural cold war in korea, 19451950 the journal of.
You can login using the email address and customer number shown on your most recent renewal notice. After indias 1974 nuclear explosion publicly demonstrated the. It was established in 1999 and is published by mit press. Adopting a sociocultural approach to the study of cold war historiography, this masters degree essay is a comparative study of the two main disciplinary fields of cold war. The journal of cold war studies features articles based on archival research in the former communist world and in western countries. Cold war history, the journal of cold war studies, diplomatic. A cold war by definition is an intense conflict that stops short of fullscale war. Levine 16 stalin and the korean war 265 kathryn weathersby 17 mao and sinoamerican relations 283 chen jian 18 the impact of the cold war on. Some articles offer reevaluations of important historical events or themes, emphasizing the changes of interpretation necessitated by declassified documents and new firsthand accounts. Volume 21, number 3 summer 2019 project musemit press. Journal selfcitation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal. The berliner kolleg kalter krieg berlin center for cold war studies is a joint project of the institute of contemporary history munichberlin, the federal foundation for the study of the communist dictatorship in eastern germany and the humboldt university berlin. With the use of archival resources from the former soviet union as well as from eastern europe, germany, and china, we are be. Apr 14, 2020 all journal articles featured in cold war history vol 20 issue 1.
This article seeks to explain the chief characteristics of the historiography of the human sciences in cold war america by describing its formation in the interstices of three distinct lines of inquiry. The cold war, technology and the american university. The journal of cold war studies features articles based on archival research in the former communist world, in western countries, and elsewhere. In 1941, nazi aggression against the ussr turned the soviet regime into an ally of the western democracies. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press.
To view these articles, please see the selected articles page. The struggle for germany and the origins of the cold war melvyn p. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Founded in 1999, the journal has released only fourteen volumes since its foundation. Edited collection of articles on this theme, the outcome of papers delivered at the international association of historians of asia conference held at the university of hong kong in 1991, with an introduction by myself. Perhaps, this justifies venters choice of the title of the book. Jayita sarkar, assistant professor of international relations at the frederick s. Journal of eurasian studies vol 9, issue 2, pages 83172. Evidence from its ending john mueller it isimportant to ascertain whenthe cold war endedbecause such a determination can help to indicate what the cold war was all about. Cold war historiography has undergone major changes since the 1991 collapse of the soviet union. This will help you to prepare for the cold war test in u. The purpose is to have a forum in which general doubts about the processes of publication in the journal, experiences and other issues derived from the publication of papers are resolved.
Rethinking cold war history volume 24 issue 1 anders stephanson. Sarkar publishes article in journal of cold war studies. Studies of the cultural cold war have proliferated since the late 1990s, most. Please consult the journals reference style for the exact appearance of these elements, abbreviation of journal names, and use of punctuation.
From the 1970s most scholars have rejected the cold war orthodoxy that the malayan emergency 194860 was a result of instructions from moscow, translated into action by the malayan communist party mcp. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. For two years 19921993 the principal soviet archives fell open to scholars, and although some of the richest holdings are now once again closed, new information continues to find its way out. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Journals devoted, in part or entirely, to the period have proliferated. The nixon administration, the horror strategy, and the. In the graphic language of hartman, cold war is a state of tension between countries in which each side adopts policies designed to strengthen it and weaken the other by falling short by actual war. Journal of cold war studies ejournal emagazine, 1999. The war got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy. Journal of cold war studies issues mit press journals. All journal articles featured in cold war history vol 20 issue 1. The mit press is a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. Every issue of the journal publishes one full access article that is open to public. Myth of the new cold war by stephen kotkin russia was not a liberal democracy under teltsin, and neither has it reverted to totalitarianism under putin. The editor in chief is mark kramer harvard university. The german invasion of the soviet union in 1941 and the ensuing conflict witnessed the political rehabilitation of the former peoples commissar for foreign affairs, maksim litvinov.
Two years later, the allies had broken their friendship. Submissions information and guidelines the journal of. Journal of cold war studies rg journal impact rankings. The cold war is the term used to define the period between the end of world war ii in 1945 and the ultimate collapse of the soviet union and its satellite states in 1991. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. Online document archive the journal of cold war studies. Its demise is commonly associated with the collapse of the soviet empire in eastern europe in late 1989 or with the disintegration of the soviet union.
The cold war 1947 1991 introduction the grand alliance formed by the u. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Litvinovs lost peace, 19411946 journal of cold war. Bernard baruch, senior advisor to harry truman, first used the term cold war. Western scholars have long disagreed about the role that ideology played in the cold war. The end of the cold war has released a flood of new archival materials and memoirs both in the former communist world and in western countries. His research is focused on british intelligence in the cold war, and his book defence intelligence and the cold war was published in autumn 2014 with oxford university press. List of issues journal of cold war studies mit press journals. The end of the cold war has generated numerous reflections on the nature of the world in its aftermath.
Recent studies of the cold war university describe the sometimes contradictory ambitions surrounding these institutions. In early 1969 president richard nixon and his national security adviser, henry kissinger, received a brie fing on the u. Declassified documentation and firsthand accounts have enabled scholars to gain a much better understanding of some of the key events of the past century. Three studies of twentiethcentury chairmen of the senate foreign relations committee william widenorshenry cabot lodge and american foreign policy,randall woodssfulbright,and leroy ashbysfighting the 79 congress and the cold war 7. Journal of cold war studies impact factor if 20192018. The human sciences in cold war america the historical. It was established in 1999 and is published by mit press for the harvard project on cold war studies.
They have instead argued that local factors precipitated violence, and that the mcp was relatively unprepared when the emergency was declared. Policy in iran, 19501953, journal of cold war studies, volume 1, issue 1 winter 1999. Pdf the cold war, technology and the american university. Journal of cold war studies ejournal emagazine, 2006. Topsecret history of kgb, 1977, chapters 112 and appendix. The struggle for germany and the origins of the cold war. Mit press books and journals are known for their intellectual daring, scholarly standards, and distinctive design. Evolution of the total number of citations and journals selfcitations received by a journals published documents during the three previous years.