1989 and why we got it wrong

Abstract: The Cold War generated more discussion and controversy than any other topic since 1945. Yet, the possibility that the Cold War might end was neither on the radar of scholars nor of politics and the military. This essay seeks to explain why 'we' got it wrong by focusing in the main on how 'we' in the West understood the Soviet system. Part one thus deals with the Cold War itself and its impact on what came to be known as western 'Soviet Studies'. Part two then looks at the way in which the USSR was understood by an emerging group of new social scientists in the 1970s and 1980s. Part three considers the Gorbachev problem. And part four examines the ways in which the socialist left thoughts about the USSR in the context of the Cold War. In conclusion, I offer reflections on how the generally flawed understanding of the Soviet Union precluded the anticipation of Soviet collapse

Weitere Titel
1989 und warum wir es falsch verstanden haben
Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource, 14 S.
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
nicht begutachtet

Erschienen in
Working Paper Series of the Research Network 1989 ; Bd. 1

Klassifikation
Politik

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2008
Urheber
Cox, Michael

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-16282
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Cox, Michael

Entstanden

  • 2008

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