Cold war historiography at the crossroads
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Cold War history, 2014, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 685-703
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ROMERO, Federico, Cold war historiography at the crossroads, Cold War history, 2014, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 685-703 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33698
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How is the Cold War understood in an expanding and diversifying historiographical field? Conceptual precision and specificity seem to be giving way to a looser understanding of the Cold War as an era that encompassed different although interconnected conflicts and transformations. Some scholars ask for specificity and consistency while current centrifugal trends point to multiple approaches and centres of interest. Diversity is galvanising the field, but historians need to (re)define their object of inquiry and strive for at least a minimum of conceptual clarity. In particular, we should aim at a broad cultural understanding of the Cold War, contextualise it in larger processes of historical change without confusing the two dimensions, and reassess relations between Europe and other Cold War contexts.
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Published online on October 01, 2014