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Historians commonly speak of three differing approaches to the study of the Cold War: "orthodox" accounts, "revisionism" and "post-revisionism". However, much of the historiography on the Cold War weaves together two or even all three of these broad categories [ 4 ] and more recent scholars have tended to address issues that transcend the ...
Gaddis is probably the best known historian writing in English about the Cold War. [16] Perhaps his most famous work is the highly influential Strategies of Containment (1982; rev. 2005), [17] which analyzes in detail the theory and practice of containment that was employed against the Soviet Union by Cold War American presidents, but his 1983 distillation of post-revisionist scholarship ...
His books are sometimes considered to represent the "orthodox" interpretation of history. [4] [5] His analysis of the origins of the Cold War was challenged from the left during the Vietnam era, with the allegation that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were designed primarily to stop Soviet expansionism and thus caused the Cold War. However ...
In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account. [1] It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) scholarly views or narratives regarding a historical event, timespan, or phenomenon by introducing contrary evidence or reinterpreting the motivations and decisions of the people involved.
The Origins of the Cold War, London 1995, 2nd edition, xi+153pp; The Khrushchev Era: 1953-64. Longman, London, 1995. (Seminar Studies in History) The Origins of the Cold War 1941-49. Longman, London, 1995. (Seminar Studies in History) Investing in the Caspian Sea Region: Opportunity and Risk, London 1996, x+97pp Editor and Contributor; Russia ...
In a review for Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939–1953, the history professor Jonathan Haslam wrote that Cold War politics and historical revisionism "caused historians to emphasize Stalin's ruthlessness and paranoia while downplaying his contribution to the war effort." Roberts posited that "the contemporaneous view of Stalin ...
Historians of the Korean War (8 P) V. Historians of the Vietnam War (39 P) Pages in category "Cold War historians" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of ...
Vojtech Mastny (born Vojtěch Mastný; 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [1]) is an American historian of Czech descent, [2] professor of political science and international relations, specializing in the history of the Cold War. He has been considered one of the leading American authorities on Soviet affairs.