Scott Gilfillan, Jason Xidias

An Analysis of John Lewis Gaddis's We Now Know (eBook, PDF)

Rethinking Cold War History

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Produktbeschreibung

John Lewis Gaddis had written four previous books on the Cold War by the time he published We Now Know - so the main thrust of his new work was not so much to present new arguments as to re-examine old ones in the light of new evidence that began emerging from behind the Iron Curtain after 1990. In this respect, We Now Know can be seen as an important exercise in evaluation; Gaddis not only undertook to reassess his own positions - arguing that this was the only intellectually honest course open to him in such changing circumstances - but also took the opportunity to address criticisms of his early works, not least by post-revisionist historians.

The straightforwardness and flexibility that Gaddis exhibited in consequence enhanced his book's authority. He also deployed interpretative skills to help him revise his methodology and reinterpret key historical arguments, integrating new, comparative histories of the Cold War era into his broader argument.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 85
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351351799
• Artikelnr.: 48800086

Autorenporträt

Scott Gilfillan is a doctoral candidate in International History at the London School of Economics

Dr Jason Xidias has held positions at King's College London and the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was John Lewis Gaddis? What does We Now Know:
Rethinking Cold War History Say? Why does We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War
History Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the
Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module
4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module
6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's
Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The
Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where
Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited