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The United States, the Soviet Union and the geopolitical implications of the origins of the Cold War /
"The book examines the geopolitical implications of the process of institutionalisation of the international order that took place in the aftermath of World War Two. The book argues that the origins of the Cold War should not be seen from the perspective of a magnified spectrum of conflict. Ins...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter (1-9); Chapter One Introduction; 1.1 The Confluence of the Metapolitical, Institutionalist and Geopolitical ... ; 1.2 Chapter Outline; Chapter Two The Institutionalization of the Postwar International Order; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Conventional Explanations of the Origins of the Cold War; 2.3 A Geopolitical Perspective on the Origins of the Cold War; 2.4 The Institutionalization of the Postwar International Order; 2.5 Conclusion.
- Chapter Three The German Question and the Deinstitutionalization of the International Political System (1871-1945)3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Importance of the German Question in the European Political Spectrum; 3.3 The German Question and the Advent of Nazism; 3.4 The Expansionist Drive of Nazi Germany; 3.5 Conclusion; Chapter Four The Patterns of the Institutionalization of the Cold War International Order; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Great-Power Management as an Instrument of Institutionalization.
- 4.3 The Redefinition of the Concept of Sovereignty and Its Influence on the Spectrum of Institutionalization4.4 The Bipolar Balance of Power as an Instrument of Institutionalization; 4.5 Conclusion; Chapter Five American Geopolitical Interests in Western europe; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Hierarchical Ordering of the Postwar International Order and the "Grand Design" of Economic Intervention; 5.3 The Prospect of Social Upheaval and the Spectrum of Economic Intervention; 5.4 Intervention as a Functional Mechanism for the Attainment of a Geopolitical Settlement in Europe.
- 5.5 Intervention as an Instrument for the Establishment of a Collective Identity in the Postwar Era5.6 Conclusion; Chapter Six The Role of Ideology in the Scheme of Intervention Exercised by the United States in Western Europe; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Liberalism, Occidentalism and American Exceptionalism and the Deployment ... ; 6.3 The Policy of Containment and the Institutionalization of the Postwar International Order; 6.4 The Truman Doctrine and Its Role in the Institutionalization of the Postwar International Order; 6.5 Conclusion.
- Chapter Seven Soviet Security Needs and the Institutionalization of the Postwar International Order7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Articulation of Soviet Security Needs as an Element of Institutionalization; 7.3 The Establishment of a Geopolitical Foothold in Germany and a Buffer Zone in Eastern Europe; 7.4 The "National Front" Strategy and Its Role in the Legitimization of the Communist Political System in Eastern Europe; 7.5 Conclusion; Chapter Eight Communist Ideology and the Formulation of Soviet Foreign Policy in The Postwar era; 8.1 Introduction.