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Wars since 1945: An Introduction
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Abstract While most Europeans lived through an exceptionally peaceful period of history, termed 'The Long Peace' by John Lewis Gaddis, the populations of other continents were decidedly less fortunate. What was a 'Cold War' for the Europeans was anything but 'cold' for the Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians and... mehr
While most Europeans lived through an exceptionally peaceful period of history, termed 'The Long Peace' by John Lewis Gaddis, the populations of other continents were decidedly less fortunate. What was a 'Cold War' for the Europeans was anything but 'cold' for the Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians, for most Arab peoples, the Afghans, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Indians, the populations of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, and of most of Latin America. How, then, can one be so sanguine as to characterise this period as that of a 'Cold War' or a 'long peace'? The reason is that the long-expected Third World War has not (yet?) taken place. It was the prospect of such a Third World War, a 'total' and in all probability nuclear war, that attracted the attention of concerned minds in Europe and North America, the cultures that over centuries produced most publications on the subjects of war, strategy, military affairs and international relations.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
20. Jahrhundert; Kalter Krieg; internationaler Konflikt; Nachkriegszeit; Krieg
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2005
Seitenangabe
S. 4-16
Zeitschriftentitel
Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History, 2 (2005) 1
Heftthema
Kriege nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
ISSN
1612-6041
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)