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Twilight struggles: the Cold War and the Terror War, alike and not alike.(At War)
WHEN the Cold War ended suddenly in 1991, it was widely believed that its demise opened the gates to an eternity of peace and freedom. Francis Fukuyama's immensely successful End of History, published in January 1992--days after the dissolution of the Soviet Union--reflected this comforting faith. Applying Hegelian precepts, it argued that the triumph of capitalism and liberal democracy was conclusive, and that hostile ideologies would never again disturb global stability. Alas, this prediction turned out to be utterly wrong. Much closer to the truth was Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations, published five years later, which predicted a continuation of global ...
- The U.S. military as geographical agent: the case of cold war Alaska*.(World...
- Magazine article from: The Geographical Review Hummel, Laurel J. January 1, 2005 700+ words
...and even in the post-cold war epoch the military continues...THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR AND ALASKA'S EMERGING ROLE At the close of World War II, the Soviet Union...1994). Although the cold war began as a confrontation...
- 1946: the iron curtain & the Cold War: after World War II, the United States...
- Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront Roberts, Sam February 20, 2006 700+ words
...BACKGROUND The 40-year Cold War put the world on...the goals of the World War II allies. * After...confrontation after World War II did not evolve...the world--the Cold War--which would define...the 20th century. World War II had torn apart...
- New books on Cold War & World War II.(Opinion & Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin June 21, 2004 700+ words
...famous John Le Carre, an Englishman who gave the world gripping Cold War espionage adventures. They were even made into top-grossing...Absolute Friends is the Englishmans first book after the Cold War where his previous best-sellers The Spy Who Came In From...
- SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE COLD WAR.(post World War II southern Africa)
- Magazine article from: History Today Spence, J.E. February 1, 1999 700+ words
...Southern Africa At the end of the Second World War the southern African region, with the...The Union had emerged from the Second World War with its status enhanced following its...contribution. Moreover, his role in the Second World War as the confidant of Churchill, his country...
- The man who "started" the cold war: when World War II ended, the Soviet Union...
- Magazine article from: The New American Jasper, William F. January 13, 2003 700+ words
...spoke were: 'It's war. It's Russia,'" Frowde later recalled. "Well, that didn't ring a bell with me because World War II was over and we were not at war with Russia," said Frowde. But we were at war with Russia; we just didn't know it...
- Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War 1939-1953.(Cold War Books)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Military Review Baumann, Robert F. May 1, 2008 700+ words
STALIN'S WARS: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953, Geoffrey Roberts...define our understanding of the Cold War's origins. Geoffrey Roberts...work, Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953, is a well written...
- Man of steel, re-forged.(Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War,...
- Magazine article from: The National Interest Bacevich, Andrew J. September 1, 2007 700+ words
...Roberts, Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War; 1939-1953 (New Haven: Yale...especially in the early phases of World War II, he learned from those mistakes...the confrontation that became the Cold War. Even after his efforts failed...
- Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Historian Bruce F. Pauley June 22, 2008 700+ words
Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. By Geoffrey Roberts...Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, along with the opening of numerous...leadership during the early years of the Cold War. Although he explicitly rejects...
