Teaching and scholarship on the Cold War in the United States

This article examines the main centres for the study of the Cold War in the United States, the key repositories of relevant documents, and the main publication outlets and conferences on the Cold War. It also describes the principal texts and approaches to teaching the Cold War and portrays the esse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cold war history 2008-05, Vol.8 (2), p.259-284
1. Verfasser: Harrison, Hope M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article examines the main centres for the study of the Cold War in the United States, the key repositories of relevant documents, and the main publication outlets and conferences on the Cold War. It also describes the principal texts and approaches to teaching the Cold War and portrays the essential scholarly, public and political debates on the Cold War. The article concludes with a study of the contending and increasingly politicized views of the lessons of the Cold War and the relevance of the Cold War to our world today.
ISSN:1468-2745
1743-7962
DOI:10.1080/14682740802018819