Deconstructing and reconstructing the Cold War

These essays are not deconstructive in the postmodern sense.

None of the authors have that depth of scepticism about knowledge claims, but they are all concerned that the terms of reference of Cold War enquiry have been inappropriately bounded.

The chapters by Murray and Reynolds specifically address the broad theoretical issues involved with paradigms and explanation.

The chapters by Dobson, Marsh, Malik, Evans and Dix stretch out Cold War paradigms with successive case studies of Anglo-American relations; the USA, Britain, Iran and the oil majors; the Gulf States and the Cold War; South Africa and the Cold War; and Indian neutralism.