![]() Another topic discussed is the use of debt to exploit the Third World. Many of the presentations deal with new conflicts that have emerged as fresh alignments were made among countries. ![]() The papers focus primarily on a new world order following the collapse of the Soviet Union. ‘This volume is an impressive piece of historical scholarship,’ attested Donald Zagoria in Foreign Affairs.īeyond the Cold War: New Dimensions in International Relations, which Westad edited with Geir Lundestad, features papers first presented at the 1991 ninetieth anniversary symposium of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The author primarily focuses on four key aspects of the Cold War: the Chinese Nationalists, the Chinese Communists, Russia during the Josef Stalin years, and America under the leadership of President Harry S. ![]() In his Cold War and Revolution: Soviet-American Rivalry and the Origins of the Chinese Civil War, 1944-1946, Westad examines the evolution of the Cold War in East Asia. Westad is the author or editor of numerous books related to these academic interests. He also conducts research into the history of China in transition from Cultural Revolution to the era of reform, and the 1970s with regard to global politics. One of his main fields of scholarly research is the history of the Cold War. Odd Arne Westad is a political scientist and historian whose research interests include twentieth-century international history, the history of East Asia, and the historical origins of contemporary international affairs. (With Sophie Quinn-Judge) The Third Indochina War: Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79, Routledge (New York, NY), 2006.Įditor of the journal Cold War History. (With Jussi Hanhimaki) The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2003. (With Chung-in Moon and Gyoo-hyoung Kahng) Ending the Cold War in Korea: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives, Yonsei University Press (Seoul, Korea), 2001. Reviewing the Cold War: Approaches, Interpretations, and Theory, F. The Fall of Détente: Soviet-American Relations during the Carter Years, Scandinavian University Press (Boston, MA), 1997.īrothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1963, Woodrow Wilson Center Press (Washington, DC), 1998. Neumann) The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945-89, St. (With Geir Lundestad) Beyond the Cold War: New Dimensions in International Relations, Scandinavian University Press (Oslo, Norway), 1993. The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2005.Ĭold War and Revolution was translated into Chinese. WRITINGS:Ĭold War and Revolution: Soviet-American Rivalry and the Origins of the Chinese Civil War, 1944-1946, Columbia University Press ( New York, NY), 1993.ĭecisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950, Stanford University Press (Stanford, CA), 2003. MacArthur Foundation and the British Arts and Humanities Research Council. 2007, all for The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times recipient of grants, including from the John D. AWARDS, HONORS:īernath Lecture Prize, Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2000 Akira Iriye International History Book Award, Pacific Quest, 2005, Bancroft Prize, 2006, and Michael Harrington Award, American Political Science Association, c. Visiting fellow, Cambridge University, Hong Kong University, and New York University. 1980s London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, professor of international history and codirector of the Cold War Studies Centre, beginning 1998, head of the Department of International History, 2004-07, sabbatical 2007-08 has also taught at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, and at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway, director of research for eight years. International aid worker in Southern Africa and Pakistan, c. Historian, political scientist, educator, and writer. Office-London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE, England. Education: Attended University of Oslo University of North Carolina, Ph.D., 1990. Born 1960, in Norway married Ingunn Bjornson (a neurologist and general medical practitioner) children: two.
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