Название: The Cold War in Asia. The Battle for Hearts and Minds
Автор: Editors: Zheng Yangwen, Hong Liu, and Michael Szonyi
Издательство: Brill
Год: 2010
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 285
Размер: 15.8 Мб
Язык: английский
The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to what has been conventionally considered the periphery is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War. Foregrounding Asia necessarily leads to a re-assessment of the dominant narratives. This volume also argues for a shift in focus from diplomacy and high politics alone towards research into the culture of the Cold War era and its public diplomacy.