This book is a historical reinterpretation of the Cold War in the broadest sense from the viewpoint of the late 1980s. Dukes contends that the rivalry of the USA and Soviet Union, like the Great Game between Britain and Imperial Russia, can be understood only by analysing their relationship over centuries. He adopts the explanatory model of French historian Fernand Braudel - the concepts of event, conjuncture and structure - and examines the super-power relationship in an historical context stretching back to the medieval period. He argues that the political and cultural gaps between Western and Soviet approaches at key events have stemmed from widely different experiences of these events, as well as from long-embedded traditions.
| ISBN: | 9781474290562 |
| Publication date: | 6th October 2016 |
| Author: | Paul Dukes |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | History and Politics of the 20th Century |
| Genres: |
Cold wars and proxy conflicts International relations General and world history History and Archaeology |
This book is a historical reinterpretation of the Cold War in the broadest sense from the viewpoint of the late 1980s. Dukes contends that the rivalry of the USA and Soviet Union, like the Great Game between Britain and Imperial Russia, can be understood only by analysing their relationship over centuries. He adopts the explanatory model of French historian Fernand Braudel - the concepts of event, conjuncture and structure - and examines the super-power relationship in an historical context stretching back to the medieval period. He argues that the political and cultural gaps between Western and Soviet approaches at key events have stemmed from widely different experiences of these events, as well as from long-embedded traditions.
The Last Great Game - USA Versus USSR features in the following genres: Cold wars and proxy conflicts, International relations, General and world history, History and Archaeology
The Last Great Game - USA Versus USSR is available in Hardback
The Last Great Game - USA Versus USSR was written by Paul Dukes and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Last Great Game - USA Versus USSR has 240 pages
Yes it is part of History and Politics of the 20th Century series
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