Geir Lundestad
Biographic Data
| ID | 1127723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geir Lundestad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geir |
| FAMILY NAME | Lundestad |
| SIGNATURE | LUNDESTAD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize
International Relations Since the End of the Cold War: New and Old Dimensions
The book deals with the years from the end of the Cold War until the present. It contains the following sections: The international level with chapters by Steward Patrick, John Oneal, and John Mueller; The Cold War legacy with contributions by Melvyn Leffler, Jeremi Suri, Vladimir Pechatnov, and Odd Arne Westad; The Role of Nuclear Weapons with chapters by David Holloway and Olav Njølstad; Old and New Superpowers with essays by Jussi Hanhimäki on…
International Relations Since the End of the Cold War
"In International relations since the end of the Cold War many of the world's leading historians and historically oriented political scientists deal with the Cold War legacy and many of the new issues that have emerged since the end of the Cold War. Stewart Patrick sums up the most important developments in the post-Cold War world. John Oneal and John Mueller discuss the relationship between democracy and peace and what came first, democracy or p…
Introduction: The Past
The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire": Power and its Limits in Comparative Perspective
This book explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The book argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that it has successfully met the challenges from, first, the Soviet Union and, then, Japan, and the European Union. Now, however, the United States is in decline: its vast military power is being challenged by asymmetrical wars, its economic growth is…
Just Another Major Crisis?
The Iraq War in 2003 led to a deep crisis in American–European relations. France and Germany, not Russia and China, emerged as the major critics of the US intervention. Some spoke about the death of NATO, to be replaced by “coalitions of the willing”; more temperate voices referred to transatlantic drift. Deep structural forces were allegedly at work: the end of the cold war, a turn to the right in the United States, the emergence of a more indep…
Just another major crisis?: The United States and Europe since 2000
American Grand Strategy since 1940: Political Science and History
Christopher Layne is a political scientist and associate professor of government and public service at Texas A&M University. He has written an ambitious book about American strategy from 1940 until the present. He wants to address basic questions in political science and he wants to do this through an extensive use of history and historical literature. His effort should definitely be of interest to readers of Diplomatic History. Like virtually al…
The United States and Norway, 1905–2006 Allies of a kind: So similar, so different
The Cold War According to John Gaddis
The Cold War, John Lewis Gaddis, New York and London, Allen Lane-Penguin, 2005 I No historian has influenced interpretations of the Cold War more than has John Lewis Gaddis. In 1972 in his The Unit
The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress: US-European Relations after Iraq
Can the political institutions of the transatlantic alliance endure the demise of the Soviet enemy? Did the Iraq crisis of 2002–3 signal the final demise of the Atlantic partnership? If so, what are the likely consequences? In this book a distinguished group of political scientists and historians from Europe and the United States tackle these questions. The book examines the causes and consequences of the crisis in Atlantic relations that accompa…
Why does Globalization Encourage Fragmentation
Imperial Overstretch', Mikhail Gorbachev, and the End of the Cold War
This article takes as its point of departure Paul Kennedy's theory about 'imperial overstretch'. While the author criticizes Kennedy's emphasis on the decline of the United States, he argues that events in the Soviet Union fit the theory almost perfectly. The primary focus is, however, on the end of the Cold War, and the author argues that 'imperial overstretch' represents a powerful explanation for even this dramatic development. In this light t…
"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997
Journal Article “Empire” by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945–1997. By Geir Lundestad. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. x, 200 pp. Cloth, $77.00, ISBN 0-19-878212-8. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-19-878211-X.) Get access Thomas Schwartz Thomas Schwartz Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, De…
No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future
Journal Article No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future. Ed. by Geir Lundestad. (New York: St. Martin's, 1998. x, 268 pp. $69.95, ISBN 0-312-21761-7.) Get access Wayne S. Cole Wayne S. Cole University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 1, June 2000, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.23…
The Ambiguous Legacy: U.S. Foreign Relations in the 'American Century'
This collection of essays assesses the record of American foreign policy over the course of the twentieth century. The essays comprise the work of political scientists as well as historians, conservatives as well as liberals, foreign scholars as well as Americans. Taking off from Henry Luce's vision of an 'American century', the authors discuss such important topics as the American conception of the national interest, the tension between democrac…
"Empire by Invitation" in the American Century
In his famous article in Life of 17 February 1941, Henry R. Luce referred to “the belief – shared let us remember by most men living – that the 20th Century must be to a significant degree an American Century.” Although Luce celebrated internationalism in a rather nationalistic vein, he did, however briefly, put the rise of the United States in a comparative context. All previous dominant powers had operated on the basis of some sort of internati…
"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997
The Fall of Great Powers: Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy
The American "Empire" and Other Studies of U.S. Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective
Journal Article The American “Empire” and Other Studies of U.S. Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective. By Geir Lundestad. (New York: Oxford University Press and Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 1990. 214 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 82-00-21093-6. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 82-00-21092-8.) Get access Robert D. Schulzinger Robert D. Schulzinger University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sc…
The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications
The End of the Cold War, the New Role for Europe, and the Decline of the United States
In this short piece I shall briefly address two rather large points. First, I shall discuss the question of whether, if the Cold War is over, this is likely to result in a more peaceful world. The role of Eastern Europe will be of particular interest in this context. Second, I shall comment on the effects the end of the Cold War will have on that apparently most burning of political questions, certainly in the United States but not only there: Wi…
The evolution of Norwegian security policy: Alliance with the West and reassurance in the East
Moralism, Presentism, Exceptionalism, Provincialism, and Other Extravagances in American Writings on the Early Cold War Years
Americans traditionally have seen themselves as a unique people with a special mission in the world. While other states had interests, the United States had responsibilities. This idea has been expressed with rather striking force by presidents of different political persuasions. Just to mention some recent examples, John F. Kennedy referred to “our right to the moral leadership of this planet.” Jimmy Carter came out strongly against Realpolitik:…
American 'Reparations' to Germany, 1919-33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis
Journal Article American “Reparations” to Germany, 1919–33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis. By Stephen A. Schuker. Princeton: Department of Economics, Princeton University and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics, 1945–1986. By Geir Lundestad. Trans. by Gail Adams Kvam. Oslo: Norwegian University Press Get access Diane Shaver Clemens Diane Shaver Clemens University of California, Berkeley Search for…
Empire by Invitation? The United States and Western Europe, 1945-1952
The article attempts to substantiate two related arguments. First, that the American expansion was really more striking than the Soviet one in the first years after the Second World War. While America's influence could be strongly felt in most corners of the world, the Soviet Union counted for little outside its border areas, however vast these border areas. The article looks briefly at the increased American role in Asia and Africa, but the emph…
"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997
No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future
Journal Article No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future. Ed. by Geir Lundestad. (New York: St. Martin's, 1998. x, 268 pp. $69.95, ISBN 0-312-21761-7.) Get access Wayne S. Cole Wayne S. Cole University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 1, June 2000, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.23…
American 'Reparations' to Germany, 1919-33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis
Journal Article American “Reparations” to Germany, 1919–33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis. By Stephen A. Schuker. Princeton: Department of Economics, Princeton University and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics, 1945–1986. By Geir Lundestad. Trans. by Gail Adams Kvam. Oslo: Norwegian University Press Get access Diane Shaver Clemens Diane Shaver Clemens University of California, Berkeley Search for…
Why does Globalization Encourage Fragmentation
Imperial Overstretch', Mikhail Gorbachev, and the End of the Cold War
This article takes as its point of departure Paul Kennedy's theory about 'imperial overstretch'. While the author criticizes Kennedy's emphasis on the decline of the United States, he argues that events in the Soviet Union fit the theory almost perfectly. The primary focus is, however, on the end of the Cold War, and the author argues that 'imperial overstretch' represents a powerful explanation for even this dramatic development. In this light t…
The evolution of Norwegian security policy: Alliance with the West and reassurance in the East
Uniqueness and pendulum swings in US foreign policy
Journal Article Uniqueness and pendulum swings in US foreign policy Get access Geir Lundestad Geir Lundestad Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 3, summer 1986, Pages 405–421, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617884 Published: 01 July 1986
The American Non-Policy Towards Eastern Europe 1943-47
The Cold War According to John Gaddis
The Cold War, John Lewis Gaddis, New York and London, Allen Lane-Penguin, 2005 I No historian has influenced interpretations of the Cold War more than has John Lewis Gaddis. In 1972 in his The Unit
America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War 1945-1949
The American Policy Towards Poland 1943-1946
The American Non-policy Towards Eastern Europe 1943-1947
This book deals with the policies of the United States towards the countries in Eastern Europe
The American Non-Policy towards Eastern Europe, 1943-1947: Universalism in an Area Not of Essential Interest to the United States
Journal Article The American Non-Policy towards Eastern Europe, 1943–1947: Universalism in an Area Not of Essential Interest to the United States. By Geir Lundestad. (New York: Humanities, 1975. 654 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, $22.00.) Get access Lloyd C. Gardner Lloyd C. Gardner Rutgers University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 62, Issue 4, March…
The American Non-Policy Towards Eastern Europe 1943-47
America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War, 1945-1949
America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War, 1945-1949
Semmingsen and Seyersted: Scando-Americana. Papers on Scandinavian Emigration to the United States
History and Politics: Research on the United States in Norway, 1945-1980
Since scholarly attitudes will be compared with the over-all Norwegian-American relationship and with popular Norwegian attitudes to the United States, something has to be said, however briefly, about these two elements
America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War 1945-1949
Uniqueness and pendulum swings in US foreign policy
Journal Article Uniqueness and pendulum swings in US foreign policy Get access Geir Lundestad Geir Lundestad Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 3, summer 1986, Pages 405–421, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617884 Published: 01 July 1986
Empire by Invitation? The United States and Western Europe, 1945-1952
The article attempts to substantiate two related arguments. First, that the American expansion was really more striking than the Soviet one in the first years after the Second World War. While America's influence could be strongly felt in most corners of the world, the Soviet Union counted for little outside its border areas, however vast these border areas. The article looks briefly at the increased American role in Asia and Africa, but the emph…
Moralism, Presentism, Exceptionalism, Provincialism, and Other Extravagances in American Writings on the Early Cold War Years
Americans traditionally have seen themselves as a unique people with a special mission in the world. While other states had interests, the United States had responsibilities. This idea has been expressed with rather striking force by presidents of different political persuasions. Just to mention some recent examples, John F. Kennedy referred to “our right to the moral leadership of this planet.” Jimmy Carter came out strongly against Realpolitik:…
American 'Reparations' to Germany, 1919-33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis
Journal Article American “Reparations” to Germany, 1919–33: Implications for the Third-World Debt Crisis. By Stephen A. Schuker. Princeton: Department of Economics, Princeton University and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics, 1945–1986. By Geir Lundestad. Trans. by Gail Adams Kvam. Oslo: Norwegian University Press Get access Diane Shaver Clemens Diane Shaver Clemens University of California, Berkeley Search for…
The End of the Cold War, the New Role for Europe, and the Decline of the United States
In this short piece I shall briefly address two rather large points. First, I shall discuss the question of whether, if the Cold War is over, this is likely to result in a more peaceful world. The role of Eastern Europe will be of particular interest in this context. Second, I shall comment on the effects the end of the Cold War will have on that apparently most burning of political questions, certainly in the United States but not only there: Wi…
The evolution of Norwegian security policy: Alliance with the West and reassurance in the East
The End of the Cold War: Its Meaning and Implications
The American "Empire" and Other Studies of U.S. Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective
Journal Article The American “Empire” and Other Studies of U.S. Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective. By Geir Lundestad. (New York: Oxford University Press and Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 1990. 214 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 82-00-21093-6. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 82-00-21092-8.) Get access Robert D. Schulzinger Robert D. Schulzinger University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sc…
The Fall of Great Powers: Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy
"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997
The Ambiguous Legacy: U.S. Foreign Relations in the 'American Century'
This collection of essays assesses the record of American foreign policy over the course of the twentieth century. The essays comprise the work of political scientists as well as historians, conservatives as well as liberals, foreign scholars as well as Americans. Taking off from Henry Luce's vision of an 'American century', the authors discuss such important topics as the American conception of the national interest, the tension between democrac…
"Empire by Invitation" in the American Century
In his famous article in Life of 17 February 1941, Henry R. Luce referred to “the belief – shared let us remember by most men living – that the 20th Century must be to a significant degree an American Century.” Although Luce celebrated internationalism in a rather nationalistic vein, he did, however briefly, put the rise of the United States in a comparative context. All previous dominant powers had operated on the basis of some sort of internati…
Imperial Overstretch', Mikhail Gorbachev, and the End of the Cold War
This article takes as its point of departure Paul Kennedy's theory about 'imperial overstretch'. While the author criticizes Kennedy's emphasis on the decline of the United States, he argues that events in the Soviet Union fit the theory almost perfectly. The primary focus is, however, on the end of the Cold War, and the author argues that 'imperial overstretch' represents a powerful explanation for even this dramatic development. In this light t…
"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997
Journal Article “Empire” by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945–1997. By Geir Lundestad. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. x, 200 pp. Cloth, $77.00, ISBN 0-19-878212-8. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-19-878211-X.) Get access Thomas Schwartz Thomas Schwartz Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, De…
No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future
Journal Article No End to Alliance: The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future. Ed. by Geir Lundestad. (New York: St. Martin's, 1998. x, 268 pp. $69.95, ISBN 0-312-21761-7.) Get access Wayne S. Cole Wayne S. Cole University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 1, June 2000, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.23…
Why does Globalization Encourage Fragmentation
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