Odd Arne Westad is the S. T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations at Harvard University. The author and editor of eleven books, Westad lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Some critics claim that the concept of never-ending economic growth, which may in the longer run threaten human welfare or even the survival of humanity, was-in its modern form-a creation of Cold War competitions (查看原文)
European politics between the 1550s and the early seventeenth century were, for instance, deeply influenced by a bipolar rivalry between Spain and England, which shared some of the characteristics of the Cold War. Its origins were deeply ideological, with Spains monarchs believing they represented Catholicism, and the English, Protestantism. (查看原文)
‘Every historical narrative is somehow a rewrite of contemporary history.’ This argument may sound cliched but still suits Odd. A. Westad’s account of world history after World War II. From Westad’s perspective, the causes of today’s social-political i...
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