The Cold War: historiography, memory, representation

The traces of the Cold War are still visible in many places all around the world. It is the topic of exhibits and new museums, of memorial days and historic sites, of documentaries and movies, of arts and culture. There are historical and political controversies, both nationally and internationally, about how the history of the Cold War should be told and taught, how it should be represented and remembered. While much has been written about the political history of the Cold War, the analysis of its memory and representation is just beginning. Bringing together a wide range of scholars, this volume describes and analyzes the cultural history and representation of the Cold War from an international perspective. That innovative approach focuses on master narratives of the Cold War, places of memory, public and private memorialization, popular culture, and schoolbooks. Due to its unique status as a center of Cold War confrontation and competition, Cold War memory in Berlin receives a special emphasis. With the friendly support of the Wilson Center.

Acknowledgements ; Rethinking, Representing, and Remembering the Cold War: Some Cultural Perspectives ; Representation and Recoding: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cold War Cultures ; Probing the Cold War Narrative since 1945: The Case of Western Europe.

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Rethinking, Representing, and Remembering the Cold War: Some Cultural Perspectives -- Representation and Recoding: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cold War Cultures -- Probing the Cold War Narrative since 1945: The Case of Western Europe -- Changing Cold War Interpretations in Post-Soviet Russia -- Company Confessions: The CIA, Whistleblowers and Cold War Revisionism -- The Cold War in History Textbooks: A German-German, French and British Comparison -- Machiavelli's Angels Hiding in Plain Sight: Media Culture and French Spy Fiction of the Cold War -- Enemies, Spies, and the Bomb. Cold War Cinema in Comparison: Germany and the US, 1948-1970 -- Remembering the American War in Vietnam -- "The Cold War? I Have it at Home with my Family" Memories of the 1948-1989 Period Beyond the Iron Curtain -- Protect and Survive. Preserving and Presenting the Built Cold War Heritage -- Berlin's Gesamtkonzept for Remembering the Wall -- Competing for the Best Wall Memorial. The Rise of a Cold War Heritage Industry in Berlin -- Contested Legacies. Cold War Memory Sites in Berlin -- Select Bibliography -- Name Index -- About the Authors

The traces of the Cold War are still visible in many places all around the world. It is the topic of exhibits and new museums, of memorial days and historic sites, of documentaries and movies, of arts and culture. There are historical and political controversies, both nationally and internationally, about how the history of the Cold War should be told and taught, how it should be represented and remembered. While much has been written about the political history of the Cold War, the analysis of its memory and representation is just beginning. Bringing together a wide range of scholars, this volume describes and analyzes the cultural history and representation of the Cold War from an international perspective. That innovative approach focuses on master narratives of the Cold War, places of memory, public and private memorialization, popular culture, and schoolbooks. Due to its unique status as a center of Cold War confrontation and competition, Cold War memory in Berlin receives a special emphasis. With the friendly support of the Wilson Center