The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications

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Preface The authors 1. Introduction Michael J. Hogan 2. An end to which Cold War? Walter LaFeber 3. The Cold War, the Long Peace, and the future John Lewis Gaddis 4. Quiet cataclysm: some afterthoughts on World War II John Mueller 5. Some lessons from the Cold War Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr 6. Nuclear Weapons and European security during the Cold War Samuel F. Wells, Jr 7. Victory in the postwar era: despite the Cold War or because of it? Alexei Filitov 8. The wicked witch of the West is gone. Long live the wicked witch of the East Bruce Cumings 9. The end and the beginning Ronald Steel 10. A balance sheet: Lippmann, Kennan and the Cold War Richard J. Barnet 11. Why did the Cold War arise, and why did it end? Raymond L. Garthoff 12. A view from below Noam Chomsky 13. The end of the Cold War in the Middle East Nikki R. Keddie 14. The end of the Cold War in the Near East: what it means for historians and policy planners Bruce R. Kuniholm 15. After the Cold War: the United States, Germany, and European security Hermann-Josef Rupieper 16. The end of the Cold War: a sceptical view Denise Artaud 17. The end of the Cold War, the new role for Europe and the decline of the United States Geir Lundestad 18. The fading of the Cold War and the demystification of twentieth century issues Gar Alperovitz and Kai Bird 19. The US government, a legacy of the Cold War Ernest R. May 20. Foreign policy, partisan politics and the end of the Cold War Michael J. Hogan 21. Beyond polarity in space and time David Reynolds 22. A usable past for the future Robert Jervis.