Journal of Cold War Studies
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The Journal of Cold War Studies features peer-reviewed articles based on archival research in the former Communist world, in Western countries, and in other parts of the globe. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns: theories of decision-making, deterrence, bureaucratic politics, institutional formation, bargaining, diplomacy, foreign policy conduct, and international relations. Using the latest evidence, the authors subject these theories, and others, to rigorous empirical analysis. The journal also includes an extensive section of reviews of new books pertaining to the Cold War and international politics. The journal is published by the MIT Press for the Harvard Project on Cold War Studies.

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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 20)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2018 pp. 1-274
    2. No. 3 Summer 2018 pp. 1-249
    3. No. 2 Spring 2018 pp. 1-159
    4. No. 1 The Pugwash Conferences and the Global Cold War: Scientists, Transnational Networks, and the Complexity of Nuclear Histories Winter 2018 pp. 1-240
  2. 2017 (Vol. 19)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2017 pp. 1-286
    2. No. 3 Summer 2017 pp. 1-267
    3. No. 2 Spring 2017 pp. 1-222
    4. No. 1 Winter 2017 pp. 1-219
  3. 2016 (Vol. 18)
    1. No. 4 Neutrality and Nonalignment in World Politics during the Cold War Fall 2016 pp. 1-268
    2. No. 3 CSCE, the German Question, and the Warsaw Pact Summer 2016 pp. 1-243
    3. No. 2 Spring 2016 pp. 1-209
    4. No. 1 Winter 2016 pp. 1-218
  4. 2015 (Vol. 17)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2015 pp. 1-219
    2. No. 3 Summer 2015 pp. 1-301
    3. No. 2 Spring 2015 pp. 1-160
    4. No. 1 Winter 2015 pp. 1-180
  5. 2014 (Vol. 16)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2014 pp. 1-291
    2. No. 3 Summer 2014 pp. 1-225
    3. No. 2 Spring 2014 pp. 1-134
    4. No. 1 Winter 2014 pp. 1-255
  6. 2013 (Vol. 15)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2013 pp. 1-245
    2. No. 3 Summer 2013 pp. 1-220
    3. No. 2 Soviet-Japanese Relations during the Cold War Spring 2013 pp. 1-169
    4. No. 1 Winter 2013 pp. 1-187
  7. 2012 (Vol. 14)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2012 pp. 1-268
    2. No. 3 Summer 2012 pp. 1-231
    3. No. 2 Spring 2012 pp. 1-177
    4. No. 1 Winter 2012 pp. 1-151
  8. 2011 (Vol. 13)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2011 pp. 1-282
    2. No. 3 Summer 2011 pp. 1-246
    3. No. 2 Spring 2011 pp. 1-193
    4. No. 1 Winter 2011 pp. 1-260
  9. 2010 (Vol. 12)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2010 pp. 1-212
    2. No. 3 Summer 2010 pp. 1-201
    3. No. 2 Spring 2010 pp. 1-128
    4. No. 1 Winter 2010 pp. 1-213
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