His previous work includes The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and US Foreign Policy (Yale University Press, 2008), which also received the Choice designation; Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture, and the Cold War, 1945-1961 (St. ... Kennan: Cold War..…
Johnson quotes Steven Aftergood, who directs the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists: “It is one of the most interesting and important Cold War mysteries out there.” . ..…
Still, given the imbalance between the two sides, U.S nuclear monopoly, the facts and limitations on the ground, and legitimate Soviet security fears, it's United States, primarily, that must bear the larger share of responsibility for early escalation of Cold War. ..…
But after the end of the Cold War, U.S. leaders and their advisors succumbed to what former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev now refers to as Western “triumphalism,” an imperial vision of a “unipolar” world effectively ruled by a “sole superpower,” the United States. ..…
“Trident Juncture” marks nato’s largest exercise since the end of the Cold War. . ..…
On the other hand, China dangles strength with assertive industrial policies disguised ambition to transcend its rival, interpreted by some as the harbinger of Cold War between China and United States.. ..…
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