Cold War Endgame: Oral History, Analysis, Debates
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Cold War Endgame is the product of an unusual collaborative effort by policymakers and scholars to promote better understanding of how the Cold War ended. It includes the transcript of a conference, hosted by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, in which high-level veterans of the Bush and Gorbachev governments shared their recollections and interpretations of the crucial events of 1989-91: the revolutions in Eastern Europe; the reunification of Germany; the Persian Gulf War; the August 1991 coup; and the collapse of the USSR. Taking this testimony as a common reference and drawing on the most recent evidence available, six chapters follow in which historians and political scientists explore the historical and theoretical puzzles presented by this extraordinary transition. This discussion features a debate over the relative importance of ideas, personality, and economic pressures in explaining the Cold War's end.
About the Author
William C. Wohlforth is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth. He is the editor of Witnesses to the End of the Cold War (1996) and author of The Elusive Balance: Power and Perceptions During the Cold War (1993).
Cold War Endgame: Oral History, Analysis, Debates,William C. Wohlforth,Pennsylvania State University Press,0271022388,1945-1989,Cold War,Europe - General,Foreign relations,History & Theory - General,History - Military / War,Military - General,Modern - 20th Century,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,Soviet Union,United States,World politics,American history: postwar, from c 1945 -,European history: postwar, from c 1945 -,International relations,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Russia,USA,World history: from c 1900 -
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