What went wrong?

Misconceptions of the End of the Cold War and some of their implications

Authors

  • Guido Franzinetti Department of Humanistic Studies University of Eastern Piedmont

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.141246

Keywords:

Cold War, Eastern Europe, Poland, Hungary, Berlin Wall, Neoliberalism, Communism, Wrong Address Theory

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to address widespread perceptions of the end the Cold War. It argues (from an ‘ex ante’ or ‘real time’ standpoint) that opposing political and ideological actors shared a perception which was highly flawed from an empirical and conceptual point of view. The paper addresses the question of why, how and when these misconceptions arose.

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Published

2023-12-13

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Yhteistyötä ja raja-aitoja

Section

Esseet

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Guido Franzinetti

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

What went wrong? Misconceptions of the End of the Cold War and some of their implications. (2023). The Finnish Journal of Contemporary History, 2(2), 109-129. https://doi.org/10.61559/lh.141246