Legacy of the Cold War

Vojtech Mastny has been professor of history and international relations at Columbia University and other universities, including the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.Zhu Liqun is professor of international studies and vice president of China Foreign Affairs University.

• Preface, Mark KramerIntroduction, Vojtech MastnyChapter 1: The Cold War’s Legacy for International Security: A Historical Overview, Vojtech MastnyChapter 2: Concepts and Practices of Cooperative Security: Building Trust in the International System, Vincent Keating and Nicholas WheelerPart I: The Western ExperienceChapter 3: The United Nations’ Record as the Guardian of Global Cooperative Security, William R. KeylorChapter 4: NATO: An Atypical Alliance and Its Longevity, Lawrence S. KaplanChapter 5: The Warsaw Pact: The Trajectory of a Hegemonic Alliance, Malcolm ByrneChapter 6: The Construction of Europe’s Security Policy: Slow but Steady, Willlem van EekelenChapter 7: The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe as a Regional Model, Andreas Wenger and Daniel MöckliPart II: The Asian ExperienceChapter 8: Fragile Alliances: America’s Security Relationships in Cold War Asia, Robert J. McMahonChapter 9: Security Cooperation in the Sino-Soviet Alliance and Its Failure, Lorenz Lüthi Chapter 10: China’s Security and Use of Force: Lessons from the Cold War, Huang Yuxing Chapter 11: China’s Cold War Experience and Its New Security Concept, Zhu LiqunPostscript: In Midterm Perspective, Vojtech Mastny and Zhu Liqun

The Legacy of the Cold War is an impressive piece of scholarship. Vojtech Mastny, Liqun Zhu, and their collaborators range widely and skillfully across the international landscape of more than six decades. They explore the conflicts shaping post-war Europe and Asia, and then weigh the effects of this history on the continued quest for international security in a transformed world. This is a volume of unusual scope and depth and deserves the widest possible audience among students of strategy, comparative history, and international institutions.