Incompatible Universalisms: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Beginning of the Cold War

Mario del Pero (1)

1 CHSP - Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po (Sciences Po)

Wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading scholars.The field of Cold War history has consistently been one of the most vibrant in the field of international studies. Recent scholarship has added to our understanding of familiar Cold War events, such as the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and superpower détente, and shed new light on the importance of ideology, race, modernization, and transnational movements.The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War draws on the wealth of new Cold War scholarship, bringing together essays on a diverse range of topics such as geopolitics, military power and technology and strategy. The chapters also address the importance of non-state actors, such as scientists, human rights activists and the Catholic Church, and examine the importance of development, foreign aid and overseas assistance.

Mots clés: Guerre froide

Domaines: Histoire

Mario del Pero. Incompatible Universalisms: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Beginning of the Cold War. Craig Daigle; Artemy Kalinovsky. The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, Routledge, 2014, 9780415677011. ⟨hal-03398913⟩