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 in fundamental terms and, as a result, viewed the other as an irreconcilable enemy, determined to eliminate it.
— Professor Melvyn Leffler of the Department of History at the University of Virginia
The foundation of the United States' Asia-Pacific collective security policy is "containment," while the foundation of the United Kingdom's Asia-Pacific collective security policy is "imperial consciousness" and "Cold War consciousness." Exploring the formation of the U.S. Asia-Pacific security system and its relationship with 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 of the Department of History at Jinan University