The Past Through Pages: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins, John L. Gaddis

In this post, I am going to be looking at John L. Gaddis’s article Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins. Gaddis is best known as a post-revisionist/orthodox-leaning Cold War historian, but in this article, he specifically analyses intelligence. He asks why it has often been treated as a marginal topic in Cold War scholarship, despite… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins, John L. Gaddis

The Past Through Pages: The Global Cold War

To bring greater variety to the material I’m exploring in my Past Through Pages series, this post compares two articles on the Cold War. This allows me to explore how historians have shifted in their approach to the Cold War over time, moving beyond the traditional East-West divide and towards a more global appreciation of… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: The Global Cold War