Mental Maps in the Era of Detente and the End of the Cold War 1968-91

The last two decades of Cold War saw a transformation of the international system. This volume shows how this change was viewed through the eyes of fifteen major political leaders who were caught up in the process and helped to shape it. The focus on individuals allows the global transformation of power relations to be understood together with the distinctive elements of different societies, cultures and ideologies. The mental maps of crucial figures, from Brezhnev to Gorbachev, Nixon and Kissinger to Reagan, Allende to Mandela, Hussein to Nyerere, Deng Xiaoping to Soeharto, Brandt and Kohl to Havel and Ceausescu provide fascinating insights into the opportunities and constraints felt during this crucial era of international relations.

Steven Casey is Professor in International History at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His books include Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Opinion and the War against Germany, 1941-1945 (2001), Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion, 1950-1953 (2008), which won the Truman Award, and When Soldiers Fall: How Americans have Confronted Combat Casualties from World War I to Afghanistan (2014). He is also co-editor of the earlier two volumes in the Mental Map trilogy.

Jonathan Wright is Emeritus Professor in International Relations at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Tutorial Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, UK. His publications include Gustav Stresemann: Weimar's Greatest Statesman (2002; 2006) and Germany and the Origins of the Second World War (2007). He was co-editor of Liberalism, Anti-Semitism and Democracy (2001), Britain and Germany in Europe 1949-1990 (2002), and is co-editor of the earlier two volumes in the Mental Map trilogy.