{"product_id":"uncertain-empire-american-history-and-the-idea-of-the-cold-war-paperback-1","title":"Uncertain Empire: American History and the Idea of the Cold War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Isaac\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDuncan Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians have long understood that the notion of \"the cold war\" is richly metaphorical, if not paradoxical. The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was a war that fell ambiguously short of war, an armed truce that produced considerable bloodshed. Yet scholars in the rapidly expanding field of Cold War studies have seldom paused to consider the conceptual and chronological foundations of the idea of the Cold War itself. In \u003cem\u003eUncertain Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, a group of leading scholars takes up the challenge of making sense of the idea of the Cold War and its application to the writing of American history. They interrogate the concept from a wide range of disciplinary vantage points--diplomatic history, the history of science, literary criticism, cultural history, and the history of religion--highlighting the diversity of methods and approaches in contemporary Cold War studies. Animating the volume as a whole is a question about the extent to which the Cold War was an American\u003cbr\u003einvention. \u003cem\u003eUncertain Empire\u003c\/em\u003e brings debates over national, global, and transnational history into focus and offers students of the Cold War a new framework for considering recent developments in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel Isaac\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Christ's College, and the author of \u003cem\u003eWorking Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuncan Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Christ's College, and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860-1900\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42040474501200,"sku":"9780199826148","price":102.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/Y2xRdHZxSDdGMFNWbTZIci9qNFYwUT09_c7840e99-a582-4937-80b1-127943942e62.webp?v=1771842334","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/uncertain-empire-american-history-and-the-idea-of-the-cold-war-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}