The Cold War: An International History, 1947-1991.(Review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: McKenzie, Francine | Copyright information

The Cold War: An International History, 1947-1991, by S.J. Ball. London, Arnold (distributed by St. Martin's Press), 1998. xii, 260 pp. $18.95.

While the Cold War raged, the desire to exonerate, accuse, or vilify one or the other superpower frequently prejudiced scholarly interpretations of the conflict. Now that the Cold War is over, there is the possibility that new works of scholarship will revel in triumphalism or sulk in despair and as a result add little to our und...

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