Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: History and Theory in the Cold War; Radical Theories of Cold War; The Cold War as a Global Social-Systemic Conflict; 2 The International Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Early Cold War, 1917-45; Introduction; The Bolshevik Revolution and the Constitution of the Soviet State; The USSR and the Capitalist Great Powers, 1917-41; The Contradictions of Capitalist Development and International Revolution; Conclusions: World War and Social Conflict.
3 The Cold War Transformed: Geopolitical Restructuring and a New Wave of Social Revolution, 1945-49Introduction; The Geopolitical Consequences of War; Inter-Capitalist Relations and Cold War; A New Wave of Social Revolution and Communist Expansion; Conclusions: The Uneven Socio-economic Consequences of Geopolitical Transformation; 4 The Militarisation of Cold War: The Containment of the USSR and the Emergence of New Revolutionary Fronts, 1950-62; Introduction; Europe's 'Long Peace': The Consolidation of Cold War Blocs and the Militarisation of the Cold War.
A New Wave of Revolutionary Crisis and Soviet International ExpansionConclusions: The End of Détente and the Revival of US Militarism; 6 Ending the Cold War: From Militarised Counter-Revolution to the Collapse of Soviet Communism, 1980-91; Introduction; Reagan and Militarised Counter-Revolution; The Debate about the End of the Cold War; Conclusions: Ending the Cold War -- The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc and the International Defeat of Historical Communism; 7 Conclusions: Tracing the Paradoxical Ends of the Cold War and the Origins of Contemporary Conflict in World Politics.
IntroductionContemporary Conflict and the Theorisation of Post-Cold War World Politics; The Social and Ideological Character of Reactionary Resistance; The Paradoxical Ends of Cold War, Reactionary Politics and US Strategy; Conclusions; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.
Tensions within the Communist World: Threats to Soviet Power in East-Central Europe and the Developing Sino-Soviet SplitGlobal Social Conflict and New Revolutionary Fronts; Conclusions; 5 The Final Gasp of Cold War: The Decline of US Military Superiority and the Expansion of International Communist Power, 1962-80; Introduction; Vietnam: The Revolutionary Defeat of Militarised Containment; Détente: The Contradictions of Containment by Diplomacy; The Collapse of Bretton Woods and the Onset of a New Wave of Crisis within Capitalism.
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An alternative perspective on the Cold War that broadens our understanding of the nature of political conflict.
JSTOR
22573/ctt18fn1bv
Cold War and after.
9780745320953
Cold War.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.