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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Exploring Culture in and of the Cold War

Jari ParkkinenSimo MikkonenGiles Scott-smith

subject

culture diplomacyHistoryartsCold warkansainväliset suhteettaiteetkylmä sotaAncient historykulttuuridiplomatia

description

The Cold War used to be portrayed as a global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even if this image has been challenged many times, the main images that come to mind when speaking of the Cold War, are often linked to superpower rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, the threat of a military conflict, and nuclear armament. These images have proved tenacious regardless of scholarship underlining cooperation across apparent ideological division and cross-border interaction instead of hostility. One of the key weaknesses is that many areas still lack empirical research that would fill in the gaps and provide material to allow us to re-evaluate the extent and impact of the Cold War. This volume is intended to serve these needs. peerReviewed

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110573169-001