Empowering Revolution
Gregory F. Domber Empowering Revolution America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. During the 1980s, both the United States and the Soviet Union vied for influence over Poland’s politically tumultuous steps toward democratic revolution. In this...
CfP: The Great Transformation?
CfP: The Great Transformation? Reassessing the Causes and Consequences of the End of the Cold War The deadline for submission of proposals (one-page abstract and one-page biography) is October 31st, 2014. The Department of International History of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, with the support from the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’Histoire du Temps Présent, will host an international conference...
Washington History Seminar
Washington History Seminar Historical Perspectives on International and National Affairs Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev’s Adaptation, Reagan’s Engagement, and the End of the Cold War Monday March 3, 2014 4:00 p.m. Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room Ronald Reagan Building, Federal Triangle Metro Stop James Graham Wilson OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE In the Triumph of Improvisation,...
The Triumph of Improvisation
James Graham Wilson The Triumph of Improvisation Gorbachev’s Adaptability, Reagan’s Engagement, and the End of the Cold War In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation,...
