Writing History and Making Policy - Softcover

Melanson, Richard A.

 
9780819133533: Writing History and Making Policy

Synopsis

A study of theories of the Cold War which represents a decade of serious research and study. The author proceeds step by step to understand and analyze the differing approaches of leading individual thinkers and schools of thought, making this the most comprehensive view of the Cold War ever published. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

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An interesting study...>>>> (Foreign Affairs)

...a valuable essay on Cold War historiography, replete with able summaries of scholarly controversies and fresh approaches to the work of such historians as Herbert Feis and William A. Williams.>>>> (The Journal Of American History)

Should be read by anyone writing Vietnam War history...>>>> (Indochina Chronology)

Should be read by anyone writing Vietnam War history... (Indochina Chronology)

An interesting study... (Foreign Affairs)

...a valuable essay on Cold War historiography, replete with able summaries of scholarly controversies and fresh approaches to the work of such historians as Herbert Feis and William A. Williams. (The Journal Of American History)

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ISBN 10:  0819133523 ISBN 13:  9780819133526
Publisher: University Press Of America, 1983
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