International Cold War History Studies (Issue 1)

Author: Li Danhui
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The Cold War was a non-violent competition between the two major powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as the groups and systems they represented. It was a competition between two opposing political and economic systems and ideologies, where each side questioned the legitimacy of the other's system fundamentally and, as a result, viewed the other as an irreconcilable enemy, determined to eliminate it. — Professor Melvyn Leffler, Department of History, University of Virginia The foundation of the United States' Asia-Pacific collective security policy is "containmentism," while the foundation of the United Kingdom's Asia-Pacific collective security policy is "imperial consciousness" and "Cold War consciousness." Exploring the relationship between the formation of the U.S. Asia-Pacific security system and the United Kingdom will help us move beyond a Cold War historiography centered on the United States and the Soviet Union, revealing the complexity of the origins of the Asian Cold War. — Professor Cui Pi, Department of History, Jinan University
The book is divided into five sections: Special Topic Research, Invited Expert Articles, Link Zone: China in the Cold War Era, Book Reviews and Introductions, and Archival Documents. It includes articles such as "The Formation of the U.S. Asia-Pacific Collective Security System and the United Kingdom" and "How Did the Cold War Begin?"