Remembering the Cold War: Global Contest and National Stories (Remembering the Modern World)

Remembering The Cold War Examines How, More Than Two Decades Since The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Cold War Legacies Continue To Play Crucial Roles In Defining National Identities And Shaping International Relations Around The Globe. Given The Cold War’s Blurred Definition – It Has Neither A Widely Accepted Commencement Date Nor Unanimous Conclusion - What Is To Be Remembered? This Book Illustrates That There Is, In Fact, A Huge Body Of ‘remembrance,’ And That It Is More Pertinent To Ask: What Should Be Included And What Can Be Overlooked? Over Five Sections, This Richly Illustrated Volume Considers Case Studies Of Cold War Remembering From Different Parts Of The World, And Engages With Growing Theorisation In The Field Of Memory Studies, Specifically In Relation To War. David Lowe And Tony Joel Afford Careful Consideration To Agencies That Identify With Being ‘victims’ Of The Cold War. In Addition, The Concept Of Arenas Of Articulation, Which Envelops The Myriad Spaces In Which The Remembering, Commemorating, Memorialising, And Even Revising Of Cold War History Takes Place, Is Given Prominence.--back Cover. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.conceptualizing Cold War Remembrance -- 2.nuclear World -- 3.cities And Sites -- 4.defining Our Times -- 5.endings?. David Lowe And Tony Joel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book examines how, more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cold War legacies continue to play crucial roles in defining national identities and shaping international relations around the globe. Given the Cold War's blurred definition - it has neither a widely accepted commencement date nor unanimous conclusion - what is to be remembered? This book illustrates that there is, in fact, a huge body of 'remembrance, ' and that it is more pertinent to ask: what should be included and what can be overlooked? Over five sections, this richly illustrated volume considers case studies of Cold War remembering from different parts of the world, and engages with growing theorisation in the field of memory studies, specifically in relation to war. David Lowe and Tony Joel afford careful consideration to agencies that identify with being 'victims' of the Cold War Cover 1 Remembering the Cold War 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of illustrations 7 Series editors’ foreword 9 Acknowledgements 11 Maps 12 Introduction 15 1 | Conceptualizing Cold War remembrance 22 2 | Nuclear world 44 3 | Cities and sites 91 4 | Defining our times 184 5 | Endings? 230 Bibliography 248 Index 272