05486nam 22006495 450 99647204150331620190708092533.01-4008-7291-X10.1515/9781400872916(CKB)3710000000370315(EBL)1938064(OCoLC)903442376(OCoLC)905863706(MdBmJHUP)muse45370(DE-B1597)454650(OCoLC)979836456(DE-B1597)9781400872916(EXLCZ)99371000000037031520190708d2015 fg engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe New Left and the Origins of the Cold War /Robert James MaddoxPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]©20151 online resource (180 p.)Princeton Legacy Library ;1733Description based upon print version of record.0-691-01069-2 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Tragedy of American Diplomacy / Williams, William Appleman -- 2. The Cold War and Its Origins / Fleming, D.F. -- 3. Atomic Diplomacy / Alperovitz, Gar -- 4. The Free World Colossus / Horowitz, David -- 5. The Politics of War / Kolko, Gabriel -- 6. Yalta / Shaver Clemens, Diane -- 7. Architects Of Illusion / Gardner, Lloyd C. -- Conclusion -- IndexAs more and more people are questioning the assumptions of present U.S. foreign policy they are reexamining the roots of these policies in the diplomacy of the Cold War. This scrutiny has made the origins of the Cold War the most controversial issue in American diplomatic history. Now a complete new dimension has been added to the debate by the charges leveled by Robert James Maddox in The New Left and the Origins of the Cold War.How did the Cold War begin? Who or what was responsible? Could it have been avoided? Was it a temporary condition created by a combination of individual personalities and historical factors, or did it represent the clash of fundamentally irreconcilable political systems? The orthodox explanation of the Cold War is that it was "the brave and essential response of free men to Communist aggression." A number of scholars more or less identified with the New Left have challenged the conventional explanation by asserting that the U.S. bears the major responsibility for its onset. One group of revisionists sees this as the result of a failure of statesmanship on the part of Truman and the advisors around him, the other that the Cold War was the inevitable result of the American system as it developed over the years.Their conclusions have often been challenged in matters of interpretation. Robert Maddox, however, believes that an examination of the manner in which new interpretations are reached should precede dialogues over the ideas themselves. Consequently he has examined seven of the most prominent New Left works: The Tragedy of American Diplomacy by William Appleman Williams; The Cold War and Its Origins by D. F. Fleming; Atomic Diplomacy by Gar Alperovitz; The Free World Colossus by David Horowitz; The Politics of War by Gabriel Kolko; Yalta by Diane Shaver Clemens; and Architects of Illusion by Lloyd C. Gardner. After detailed comparisons of the evidence they present with the sources from which it was taken, he concludes that these books are based on pervasive misuse of the source materials and fail to measure up to the most elementary standards of good scholarship.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.Princeton Legacy LibraryNew leftCold WarHistoriographySoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesHistoriographyUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionHistoriographyElectronic books. New left.Cold WarHistoriography.327.73/047Maddox Robert James, 171116Alperovitz Gar, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbFleming D.F., ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbGardner Lloyd C., ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbHorowitz David, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbKolko Gabriel, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbShaver Clemens Diane, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbWilliams William Appleman, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996472041503316New left and the origins of the cold war294399UNISA