Cold War endgame : oral history, analysis, debates

Author(s)

• Wohlforth, William Curti

Bibliographic Information

Cold War endgame : oral history, analysis, debates

edited by William C. Wohlforth

Pennsylvania State University Press, c2003

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Cold War Endgame is the product of an unusual collaborative effort by policy makers and scholars to promote better understanding of how the Cold War ended. It includes the transcript of a conference, hosted by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, in which high-level veterans of the Bush and Gorbachev governments shared their recollections and interpretations of the crucial events of 1989-91: the revolutions in Eastern Europe; the reunification of Germany; the Persian Gulf War; the August 1991 coup; and the collapse of the USSR. Taking this testimony as a common reference and drawing on the most recent evidence available, six chapters follow in which historians and political scientists explore the historical and theoretical puzzles presented by this extraordinary transition. This discussion features a debate over the relative importance of ideas, personality, and economic pressures in explaining the Cold War's end.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction / William C. Wohlforth Part I: Oral History: The Princeton Conference 1. Forging a New Relationship 2. German Unification 3. The Persian Gulf War 4. The Collapse of the Soviet Union Part II: Analysis 5. Once Burned, Twice Shy? The Pause of 1989 Derek Chollet and James M. Goldgeier 6. Trust Busting Out all Over: The Soviet Side of German Unification Andrew O. Bennett Part III: Debates 7. Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: Different Perspectives on the Historical Personality Vladislav Zubok 8. The Road(s) Not Taken: Causality and Contingency in Analysis of the Cold War's End Robert D. English 9. Economic Constraints and the End of the Cold War Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth Conclusion 10. Failure or Learning Opportunity? The End of the Cold War, International Relations Theory, and Lessons for Foreign Policy Joseph Lepgold List of Participants and Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA6225662X
• ISBN:
  • 027102237X
  • 0271022388
• LCCN: 2002153327
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: University Park, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: 346 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 909.825
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cold War
  • LCSH : World politics -- 1945-1989
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States