LEADER 05486nam 22006495 450 001 996472041503316 005 20190708092533.0 010 $a1-4008-7291-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400872916 035 $a(CKB)3710000000370315 035 $a(EBL)1938064 035 $a(OCoLC)903442376 035 $a(OCoLC)905863706 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45370 035 $a(DE-B1597)454650 035 $a(OCoLC)979836456 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400872916 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000370315 100 $a20190708d2015 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe New Left and the Origins of the Cold War /$fRobert James Maddox 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (180 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton Legacy Library ;$v1733 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-01069-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Tragedy of American Diplomacy / $rWilliams, William Appleman -- $t2. The Cold War and Its Origins / $rFleming, D.F. -- $t3. Atomic Diplomacy / $rAlperovitz, Gar -- $t4. The Free World Colossus / $rHorowitz, David -- $t5. The Politics of War / $rKolko, Gabriel -- $t6. Yalta / $rShaver Clemens, Diane -- $t7. Architects Of Illusion / $rGardner, Lloyd C. -- $tConclusion -- $tIndex 330 $aAs 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. 410 0$aPrinceton Legacy Library 606 $aNew left 606 $aCold War$xHistoriography 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States$xHistoriography 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNew left. 615 0$aCold War$xHistoriography. 676 $a327.73/047 700 $aMaddox$b Robert James, $0171116 702 $aAlperovitz$b Gar, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aFleming$b D.F., $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aGardner$b Lloyd C., $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aHorowitz$b David, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aKolko$b Gabriel, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aShaver Clemens$b Diane, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aWilliams$b William Appleman, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996472041503316 996 $aNew left and the origins of the cold war$9294399 997 $aUNISA