Feb 1, 2025 · What came to be called the Cold War in the 1950s must be understood, to a large extent, as an ideological confrontation, and, whereas communism was manifestly an ideology, the “noncommunism,” or even the “anticommunism,” of the West was negatively ideological.

To better understand the ideological conflict of the Cold War it is first important to understand the main principles of capitalism, communism, democracy and dictatorship.

Western scholars have long disagreed about the role that ideology played in the Cold War. The release of crucial documentation from the former East-bloc archives has shed new light on this question, but no consensus is likely to emerge.

Sep 28, 2010 · The ideologies animating the Cold War had centuries-long pedigrees, emerging by the early twentieth century as powerful and compelling visions for social change.

Post-WWII, tension between the USA and the Soviet Union led to a worldwide Cold War. Reasons for this included: ideological differences, problems in Germany, the arms race and the Korean War.

This collection focuses on the ideas that formed the basis of American policy toward the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War. The collection includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1952. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, a background essay, and a chronology of events.

Mar 20, 2025 · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.

Mar 20, 2025 · Learn what a war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union—both in possession of nuclear weapons—could have looked like.

In reaction to the sharp disjunction between revisionist and traditional scholarship, historians working in the 1970s and 1980s set aside ideology altogether and redefined the Cold War as a traditional conflict of interests between two great powers.

Scholars interested in international relations theory and history are indebted Mark Kramer for his splendid review of new historical evidence on the role of and power during the Cold War.1 I agree with Kramer that new evidence by itself never settles learned debates such as the one he reviews.