Cold War Events
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
September 05, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Cold War International History Project
Tapping into newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies at Cornell University traces the path that led two Western nations to lose their way in Vietnam in his latest book entitled Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam.
Militant Liberty: A Comparative Study of the Scope and Limits of the Aggressive Ideological Strategy during the Early Phase of the Cold War
August 08, 2012 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Cold War International History Project
ECNU-WWICS Scholar Zhang Yang will give a presentation entitled "Militant Liberty: A Comparative Study of the Scope and Limits of the Aggressive Ideological Strategy during the Early Phase of the American Cold War."
Trilateralism and Beyond: Great Power Politics and the Korean Security Dilemma During and After the Cold War
July 10, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
North Korea International Documentation Project
"Trilateralism and Beyond" brings together a collection of essays by leading American, South Korean, and Japanese scholars that probe the historical dynamics formed and driven by the Korean security dilemma. Drawing on newly declassified documents secured by the National Security Archive’s Korea Project, along with new archival resources in China and former Warsaw Pact countries, the contributors examine the critical relationship between the United States and South Korea, exploring the delicate balancing act of bolstering the security alliance and fostering greater democracy in South Korea.
Delicate Dance: The United States, Burma, and the Cold War, 1948-1965
May 09, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
An examination of an oft-forgotten partnership during the early Cold War era.
Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
April 19, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Cold War International History Project
Wilson Center ECNU Scholar Ming Chen will present on Confrontation Controlled: Sino-American Relations and the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1962
Occupied Economies: An Economic History of Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1939-1945
April 11, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
What were the consequences of the German occupation for the economy of occupied Europe?
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Kennan Institute
Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State which examines one of the most successful Soviet soccer clubs of all-time.
Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: James Angleton and His Influence on US Counterintelligence
March 29, 2012 // 9:00am — 5:30pm
Cold War International History Project
A Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Georgetown University Center for Peace & Security Studies joint conference.
Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War
March 28, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
Elena Agarossi, professor of contemporary history at the Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione in Rome and member of the Wilson Center European Alumni Association will lead a panel discussion on her latest book entitled Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War.
Return to China or "Return to Taiwan": The Chinese POWs Who Derailed the Korean War Peace Talks
March 22, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Cold War International History Project
David Cheng Chang, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University will give a presentation based on his recent work entitled Return to China or “Return to Taiwan”: The Chinese POWs Who Derailed the Korean War Peace Talks.
