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Alan Nadel provides a unique analysis of the rise of American postmodernism by viewing it as a breakdown in Cold War cultural narratives of containment. These narratives, which embodied an American postwar foreign policy charged with checking the spread of Communism, also operated, Nadel... read more
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- Kennedy
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- Searle
- Mr. Tanimoto
- Jack Lovett
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First Sentence edit
Although some date the beginnings of the cold war to Churchill's iron curtain speech, and others to U.S.-Soviet relations that antedate even World War II, the crucial factor, I would argue, that gives the cold war its unique qualities is the atomic bomb.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alan Nadel (Author)
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- Dewey: 973.9
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- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Anthropology › Cultural
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
- Books › Literature & Fiction
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