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1982

Beyond the Cold War

Citation:

“Beyond the Cold War,” 1982, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, E.P. Thompson,

European Nuclear Disarmament and the Merlin Press, 1982. Contributed to NPIHP by Matthew

Evangelista. Reproduced with the permission of Ben Thompson, Kate Thompson, and the Merlin

Press, www.merlinpress.co.uk

http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/113717

Summary:

Lecture by EP Thompson before the Worcester City Guildhall seeking to define the Cold War in a

contemporary context. Thompson argues that the standard dichotomous definitions of the past have

become improper and the Cold War is now best defined as a developed habit supported by the

material interests of each side, most importantly military and political actors. He describes the Cold

War as a method for leaders to easily access the ideological regulation and social discipline needed

to ensure their positions. Therefore, Thompson argues, since these leaders have a direct interest in

its continuance, people, and not states, must bring about any significant change in the Cold War.

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English

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