Cold War Theories: World Polarization, 1943--1953LSU Press, 01/09/1991 - 262 من الصفحات In this first of a two-volume examination of the Cold War, Kenneth Thompson offers a broad and, at the same time, specific account of its history and its historians. Thompson’s aim is to find the best framework for understanding how the Cold War originated, what forces and factors produced it, how Soviet and American policies intensified the conflict, and what alternatives were open to the rivals. He evenhandedly sets forth three competing theories of the Cold War—the orthodox, revisionist, and critical/interpretative views—and reveals how the ideological confines of certain interpretations have made for incomplete understanding. Calling upon some of the great thinkers of our century, Thompson shows that orthodox and revisionist historians alike are misled by their exaggerated estimates of national capacity and interests. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter Two Historic Origins of the Cold War | 57 |
Containment Revisited | 119 |
Chapter Four Collective Security and the Balance | 155 |
The Limits of Containment | 179 |
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