TY - GEN T1 - Uncertain empire : American history and the idea of the Cold War A2 - Isaac, Joel, 1978- A2 - Bell, Duncan, 1976- LA - English PP - Oxford ; New York PB - Oxford University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn848918206 AB - Historians have long understood that the notion of ""the cold war"" is richly metaphorical, if not paradoxical. The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was a war that fell ambiguously short of war, an armed truce that produced considerable bloodshed. Yet scholars in the rapidly expanding field of Cold War studies have seldom paused to consider the conceptual and chronological foundations of the idea of the Cold War itself. In Uncertain Empire, a group of leading scholars takes up the challenge of making sense of the idea of the Cold War and its application to the writing of. OP - 302 CN - E169.12 .U478 2012eb SN - 9780199826131 SN - 0199826137 SN - 9780199826124 SN - 0199826129 SN - 9780199826148 SN - 0199826145 KW - Politics and culture : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Cold War : Social aspects : United States. KW - Cold War : Historiography. KW - World politics : 1945-1989. KW - United States : Intellectual life : 20th century. KW - United States : Foreign relations : Soviet Union. KW - Soviet Union : Foreign relations : United States. KW - Politique et culture : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Guerre froide : Aspect social : États-Unis. KW - Guerre froide : Historiographie. KW - Politique mondiale : 1945-1989. KW - États-Unis : Vie intellectuelle : 20e siècle. KW - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : URSS. KW - URSS : Relations extérieures : États-Unis. KW - HISTORY : United States : 20th Century. KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Historiography KW - Intellectual life KW - Politics and culture KW - Social aspects KW - World politics KW - Soviet Union KW - United States KW - 1900-1999 KW - History ER -