Book contents
- Cold Wars
- Cold Wars
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names, Transliterations, and References
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 From High Imperialism to Cold War Division
- Part I Elusive Unities
- Part II Asia
- Part III The Middle East
- Part IV Alternative World Visions
- Part V Europe between the Superpowers
- Part VI European Détente
- Part VII The End of the Regional Cold Wars
- Notes
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2020
Book contents
- Cold Wars
- Cold Wars
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names, Transliterations, and References
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 From High Imperialism to Cold War Division
- Part I Elusive Unities
- Part II Asia
- Part III The Middle East
- Part IV Alternative World Visions
- Part V Europe between the Superpowers
- Part VI European Détente
- Part VII The End of the Regional Cold Wars
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Almost a decade ago, when I attended a performance of Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre in Berlin, the narrative structure of this book emerged before my eyes. Wagner’s idea of a network of stories that intersect and influence each other has fascinated me since the early 1990s when I first saw the complete performance of his four-part operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Its second part, Die Walküre, sparked my vision of writing a reinterpretation of the Cold War as an interconnected set of narratives that focuses on how middle and smaller actors at the regional level shaped that global conflict.
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- Cold WarsAsia, the Middle East, Europe, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020