Uncertain empire : American history and the idea of the Cold War /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Isaac, Joel, 1978-, Bell, Duncan, 1976-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century. Cold War > Social aspects > United States. Cold War > Historiography. World politics > 1945-1989. United States > Intellectual life > 20th century. United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Joel Isaac and Duncan Bell
1. Cold War degree zero / Anders Stephanson
2. Exploring the histories of the Cold War : a pluralist approach / Odd Arne Westad
3. A history best served cold / Philip Mirowski
4. Inventing other realities: what the Cold War means for literary studies / Steven Belletto
5. The geopolitical vision: the myth of an outmatched USA / John A. Thompson
6. War envy and amnesia : American Cold War rewrites of Russia's war / Ann Douglas
7. The spirit of democracy : religious liberty and American anti-Communism during the Cold War / Andrew Preston
8. God, the bomb, and the Cold War : the religious and ethical debate over nuclear weapons, 1945-1990 / Paul S. Boyer
9. Blues under siege : Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, and the idea of America / Daniel Matlin
10. Cold War culture and the lingering myth of Sacco and Vanzetti / Moshik Temkin
11. Deconstructing "Cold War anthropology" / Peter Mandler
12. Cognitive and perceptual training in the Cold War man-machine system / Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi.