Re-Viewing the Cold War: Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy in the East-West Confrontation

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A co-operative effort by a number of historians and political scientists, this essay collection focuses on the connection between domestic affairs and foreign relations during the Cold War. The case studies treat phases of both the Soviet and American experiences and involve contributions by Russian, American, German, Swedish, and Israeli scholars. The collection is particularly timely because of the surprising way the Cold War ended, making clear that domestic developments can overthrow even the most potent foreign policies, undermining longstanding assumptions about the primacy of international factors. This collection should be useful to diplomatic historians and Soviet Affairs specialists, scholars and students.

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PATRICK M. MORGAN is Tierney Professor of Peace Research and formerly Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Irvine. A political scientist, he is the author of three earlier books, including Detterence: A Conceptual Analysis. KEITH L. NELSON is Professor of History and also a former Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Irvine. A specialist in American foreign relations, he is the author of three earlier works, including The Making of Detente: Soviet-American Relations in the Shadow if Vietnam.