Uncertain empire: American history and the idea of the Cold War

Abstract

Introduction, Joel Isaac and Duncan Bell Part I: Prisms 1. War Degree Zero, Anders Stephanson 2. Exploring the Histories of the War: A Pluralist Approach, Odd Arne Westad 3. A History Best Served Cold, Philip Mirowski 4. Inventing Other Realities: What the War Means for Literary Studies, Steven Belletto Part II: Vistas 5. The Geopolitical Vision: The Myth of an Outmatched U.S.A., John Thompson 6. War Envy and Amnesia: American War Rewrites of Russia's War, Ann Douglas 7. The Spirit of Democracy: Religious Liberty and American Anti-Communism during the War, Andrew Preston 8. God, the Bomb, and the War: The Religious and Ethical Debate Over Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1960, Paul S. Boyer 9. Blues Under Siege: Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, and the Idea of America, Daniel Matlin 10. War Culture and the Lingering Myth of Sacco and Vanzetti, Moshik Temkin 11. Deconstructing Cold War Anthropology, Peter Mandler 12. Cognitive and Perceptual Training in the War Man-Machine System, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi Index