The Great Power Peace
The United States and the Soviet Union Since 1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16529156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Knight, J C Knight (0000-0002-0802-8804, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-184 |
| Publication date | 1982-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1982.tb00370.x |
| OpenAlex | W2135177198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The purpose of this essay is to consider why peace, in the narrow but still vital sense of the absence of armed conflict, has been preserved between the United States and the Soviet Union since 1945. The study arose from a remark made several years ago by E. H. Carr that “there is no more significant pointer to the character of a society than the kind of history it writes or fails to write.”1 With scarcely an exception, Western historians have regarded the course of U.S.-Soviet relations after World War II as reflecting the search for peace.2 Historians who condemn the Soviet Union for expansionist ambitions and ruthless suppression of freedoms in Eastern Europe are convinced that firm Western responses to Soviet policies were essential for maintaining a desired peace.3 Historians who charge the United States with provoking and sustaining the great power rivalry are certain, or
Carr · China · Economic history · Economics · Expansionism · Great power · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Rivalry · Sociology · Soviet union · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 1983 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |