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Book Series in Military, Strategic and Security Studies

Cold War History

New & Published Titles:

The Baltic Question during the Cold War

Edited by John Hiden, Vahur Made, David J. Smith

This edited volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the ‘Baltic question’, which arose within the context of the Cold War, and which has previously received...

ISBN: 978-0-415-37100-1 | Published March 10th 2008 by Routledge.

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Europe and the End of the Cold War

A Reappraisal

Edited by Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, Leopoldo Nuti

This book seeks to reassess the role of Europe in the end of the Cold War and the process of German unification.

Much of the existing...

ISBN: 978-0-415-44903-8 | Published January 24th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Making of Détente

Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the Cold War, 1965-75

Edited by Wilfried Loth, George Soutou

Containing essays by leading Cold War scholars, such as Wilfried Loth, Geir Lundestad and Seppo Hentilä, this volume offers a broad-ranging examination of the history...

ISBN: 978-0-415-43718-9 | Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Military Balance in the Cold War

US Perceptions and Policy, 1976-85

By David Walsh

This book examines the impact of American perceptions of the military balance between the United States and the Soviet Union during the key period of...

ISBN: 978-0-415-42619-0 | Published July 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Cold War in the Middle East

Regional Conflict and the Superpowers 1967-73

Edited by Nigel J. Ashton

This edited volume re-assesses the relationship between the United States, the Soviet Union and key regional players in waging and halting conflict in the Middle...

ISBN: 978-0-415-42578-0 | Published July 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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European Integration and the Cold War

Ostpolitik-Westpolitik, 1965-1973

Edited by N. Piers Ludlow

This edited volume uses newly released archival material to show linkages between the development of the European Union and the Cold War.

Containing essays by well-known...

ISBN: 978-0-415-42109-6 | Published June 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Britain, Germany and the Cold War

The Search for a European Détente 1949–1967

By R. Gerald Hughes

This well-researched book details the ambiguity in British policy towards Europe in the Cold War as it sought to pursue détente with the Soviet Union...

ISBN: 978-0-415-41207-0 | Published April 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Emergence of Détente in Europe

Brandt, Kennedy and the Formation of Ostpolitik

By Arne Hofmann

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President...

ISBN: 978-0-415-38637-1 | Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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Macmillan, Khrushchev and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1960

By Kitty Newman

This new study casts fresh light on the roles of Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev and their efforts to achieve a compromise settlement on the...

ISBN: 978-0-415-35463-9 | Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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Economic Statecraft during the Cold War

European Responses to the US Trade Embargo

By Frank Cain

Discussing a rarely researched aspect of the Cold War, this volume uses new material to examine how the United States trade embargo on the Soviet...

ISBN: 978-0-415-37002-8 | Published October 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Third Indochina War

Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79

Edited by Odd Arne Westad, Sophie Quinn-Judge

This new collection explores the origins and key issues of the Third Indochina War, which began in 1979.

Drawing on unique documentation from all sides, leading contributors reinterpret...

ISBN: 978-0-415-39058-3 | Published September 29th 2006 by Routledge.

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Greece and the Cold War

Front Line State, 1952-1967

By Evanthis Hatzivassiliou

This is the first study to present a comprehensive analysis of Greek foreign and internal policy during the Cold War, covering the key period from the country’s...

ISBN: 978-0-415-39664-6 | Published August 10th 2006 by Routledge.

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Soviet-Vietnam Relations and the Role of China 1949-64

Changing Alliances

By Mari Olsen

This new book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964.

Focusing on how Soviet leaders...

ISBN: 978-0-415-38474-2 | Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge.

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US Internal Security Assistance to South Vietnam

Insurgency, Subversion and Public Order

By William Rosenau

This new study of American support to the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam illuminates many contemporary events and foreign policies.

During the...

ISBN: 978-0-415-36998-5 | Published September 8th 2005 by Routledge.

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Series Details:

In the new history of the Cold War that has been forming since 1989, many of the established truths about the international conflict that shaped the latter half of the twentieth century have come up for revision. The present series is an attempt to make available interpretations and materials that will help further the development of this new history, and it will concentrate in particular on publishing expositions of key historical issues and critical surveys of newly available sources.

Forthcoming Titles:

Cold War in Southern Africa, White Power, Black Liberation
Edited by Sue Onslow
October 31st 2008

The Crisis of Détente in Europe, From Helsinki to Gorbachev 1975-1985
Edited by Leopoldo Nuti
November 11th 2008

Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in the Early Cold War, Reconciliation, Comradeship, Confrontation, 1953-57
By Svetozar Rajak
February 28th 2009

International History of the Vietnam War
By Ang Cheng Guan
May 31st 2009