Michael Kort
Biographic Data
| ID | 515212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Kort |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Kort |
| SIGNATURE | KORT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hiroshima and the Historians
Pyle wrote this book with three objectives—to provide an “anatomy” of the long-standing debate among historians over the use of atomic bombs against Japan to end World War II; to use that debate as a case study to explain the “nature of the historian’s craft,” that is, the techniques that historians use to provide an accurate account of the past; and to affirm that what historians do is vital to a democratic society, whose citizens need a knowled…
The Vietnam War Reexamined
Going beyond the dominant orthodox narrative to incorporate insight from revisionist scholarship on the Vietnam War, Michael G. Kort presents the case that the United States should have been able to win the war, and at a much lower cost than it suffered in defeat. Presenting a study that is both historiographic and a narrative history, Kort analyzes important factors such as the strong nationalist credentials and leadership qualities of South Vie…
Modernization and Revolution in China
Extensively revised and fully updated in this fifth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. It features new analysis of the issues facing China’s fifth generation of leaders, including the current economic climate, China's relations with its neighbors and the United States, the latest Tibetan crisis, and the election of Xi Jinping. Incorporating new a…
Modernization and Revolution in China
Extensively revised and updated, this popular text conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Spanning the years from China's humiliating defeat in the Opium Wars to its triumphant hosting of the 2008 summer Olympics, the authors narrate the major developments of that journey: the breakdown of imperial China in the face of Japanese and Western encroachments; Sun-Yatsen and the foundin…
Max Hastings, Retribution
July 01 2010 Max Hastings, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–1945 Michael Kort Michael Kort Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Michael Kort Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2010 Journal of Cold War Studies (2010) 12 (3): 162–164. https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_r_00025 Ci…
The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of th…
The Columbia Guide to the Cold War
Journal Article The Columbia Guide to the Cold War. By Michael Kort. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xvi, 366 pp. $40.00, ISBN 0-231-10772-2.) Get access Peter L. Hahn Peter L. Hahn Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 4, March 2000, Pages 1849–1850, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567705 Published: 01 March 2000
Modernization and Revolution in China
In this book, China's struggle to modernize is set against a historical background. From the Opium War to Tiananmen Square, the authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey: the breakdown of imperial China; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's war with the Japanese; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and t…
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Modernization and Revolution in China
In this book, China's struggle to modernize is set against a historical background. From the Opium War to Tiananmen Square, the authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey: the breakdown of imperial China; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's war with the Japanese; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and t…
The Columbia Guide to the Cold War
Journal Article The Columbia Guide to the Cold War. By Michael Kort. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xvi, 366 pp. $40.00, ISBN 0-231-10772-2.) Get access Peter L. Hahn Peter L. Hahn Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 4, March 2000, Pages 1849–1850, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567705 Published: 01 March 2000
The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of th…
Max Hastings, Retribution
July 01 2010 Max Hastings, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–1945 Michael Kort Michael Kort Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Michael Kort Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2010 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2010 Journal of Cold War Studies (2010) 12 (3): 162–164. https://doi.org/10.1162/JCWS_r_00025 Ci…
Modernization and Revolution in China
Extensively revised and updated, this popular text conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Spanning the years from China's humiliating defeat in the Opium Wars to its triumphant hosting of the 2008 summer Olympics, the authors narrate the major developments of that journey: the breakdown of imperial China in the face of Japanese and Western encroachments; Sun-Yatsen and the foundin…
The Vietnam War Reexamined
Going beyond the dominant orthodox narrative to incorporate insight from revisionist scholarship on the Vietnam War, Michael G. Kort presents the case that the United States should have been able to win the war, and at a much lower cost than it suffered in defeat. Presenting a study that is both historiographic and a narrative history, Kort analyzes important factors such as the strong nationalist credentials and leadership qualities of South Vie…
Modernization and Revolution in China
Extensively revised and fully updated in this fifth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China's struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. It features new analysis of the issues facing China’s fifth generation of leaders, including the current economic climate, China's relations with its neighbors and the United States, the latest Tibetan crisis, and the election of Xi Jinping. Incorporating new a…
Hiroshima and the Historians
Pyle wrote this book with three objectives—to provide an “anatomy” of the long-standing debate among historians over the use of atomic bombs against Japan to end World War II; to use that debate as a case study to explain the “nature of the historian’s craft,” that is, the techniques that historians use to provide an accurate account of the past; and to affirm that what historians do is vital to a democratic society, whose citizens need a knowled…
History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 works) · China (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Modernization theory (3 works) · 19th century (2 works) · 20th century (2 works) · china (2 works)