Book Round Table for The Cold War: A World History

Book Round Table
The Cold War: A World History
by Odd Arne Westad
S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School

Discussants:
Timothy J. Colton, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History; Director, Ukrainian Research Institute
Kirsten Weld, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University

This event will stream on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/.

In The Cold War: A New History, author Odd Arne Westad offers a new perspective on a century when great power rivalry and ideological battle transformed every corner of our globe. From Soweto to Hollywood, Hanoi, and Hamburg, young men and women felt they were fighting for the future of the world. The Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where nearly every community had to choose sides. And these choices continue to define economies and regimes across the world.