From yalta to vietnam: American foreign policy in the cold war (Record no. 162068)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 02309nam a2200181Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220407224717.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200208s9999 xx 000 0 und d
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.73 HOR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Horowitz, David
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title From yalta to vietnam: American foreign policy in the cold war
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Harmondsworth
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1967
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 465 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Perhaps the major American casualty of the cold war has been the idea of history. This wound in the American intellect has, for the most part, gone unnoticed: yet to neglect it is to chance the cancer of cynicism. For the idea of history is the secular conscience of the West, the moral and intellectual impulse which enables us to face up to the implications of Auden's classic lines about the decay of Hong kong in the late thirties:<br/><br/>We cannot postulate a General Will: For what we are, we have ourselves to blame.<br/><br/>History is the record of man's efforts to transform the real into the ideal. It is therefore a mirror in which man can look himself in the eye. Thus the idea of history is nothing less than the notion of bonesty which provokes us a mesure our performance. WILLIAM AFFLEMAN WILLIAMS<br/><br/>EVERY war generates myths that serve to justify and perpetuate it, and the cold war has been no exception. In both camps, public consciousness has long been dominated by historical legends which invest the central actions of its own side with unasailable righteousness, and identify its own cause with the cause of all mankind.<br/><br/>Naturally, the myths of one camp tend to appear in more accurate light only whes viewed by members of the other; viewed from their own side, they staunchly retain the appearance of truth. In such a situation, historians of the two camps become the bearers of a possible enlightenment from within", which is of more than more academic significance. For these myths have been employed to justify repression in the name of freedoms and to perpetuate conflicts in the name of peace. Moreover, unless the myths of two decades of cold war can be replaced with premisses more firmly rooted in reality, it seems likely that the opportunities offered by the US-USSR die will be squandered, and the prospects for peace will grow dim.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cold war
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Donated Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-08   327.73 HOR DD3658 2020-02-08 2020-02-08 Donated Books

Powered by Koha