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Annotated Bibliography on America Politics in the Cold War

Introduction

The paper is annotated bibliography comprising of 10 scholarly articles discussing American politics in the year 1947 to 1991. The year represents the Cold War which was between America and its allies in the western block and the Soviet Union and its allies in the eastern block. The politics during the time revolved around the cold war with America and the Soviet Union in the forefront which was attributed by differences in terms of politics and economy between the two sides. The war did not entail engaging in physical warfare as in WWI and WW2 but entailed showcasing of military forces and nuclear arsenals. The two blocks expressed their dominance through a proxy and psychological warfare, propaganda, rivalry at events such as sports and competitions technologically wise like space race.

Bamba, Abou B. "‘Mightier Than Marx’: Hassoldt Davis and American Cold War Politics in Postwar Ivory Coast." The International History Review (2018): 1-22.

The articles discuss American Politics during the cold war, but despite acknowledging the political tensions between America and Russia, it was not only the key conflicting countries in the war. It argues the political struggle to control Africans; it was mostly between America and France. The article does not offer convincing information regarding the political differences between America and France during the cold war. Despite the limitation, it argues well on American political influence on the cold war.

Black, Lawrence. "'The Bitterest Enemies of Communism': Labour Revisionists, Atlanticism, and the Cold War." Contemporary British History 15.3 (2001): 26-62.

The article examines the political reasons for the need of labor during the cold war and particularly in the United States. According to the article, labor was a necessity in the cold war, and countries like America needed it to prepare effectively if there was another global war. Despite the generality of the article in the matter, it is in line with the study topic of American politics in cold war

Bollobás, Enikő. "Dangerous Liaisons: Politics and Epistemology in Post-Cold War American Studies." American Quarterly 54.4 (2002): 563-579.

The author has depicted the political changes that were evident in America politics and western Europe attributed by political movements during the world war. The author through is work offers discussion of other American studies and how they displayed American politics during the time. The article displays American politics and its influence in the cold war. The limitation of the article relies more on other studies, but in general, it is a good source for American politics in cold war.

Carew, Anthony. "The politics of productivity and the politics of anti-communism: American and European labor in the Cold War." Intelligence and National Security 18.2 (2003): 73-91.

The article offers discussion regarding politics of productivity in the United States during the cold war. It discusses differences whereby Congress Industrial Organization (CIO) had an idea for economic growth while American Federation of Labour's (AFL) reason for the increase in production in Europe was to combat communism and the two organizations needed funding from US government. The article discusses how US politics in the cold war influenced the funding. The article portrays American political impact on cold war via productivity politics.

Cuordileone, Kyle A. "Politics in an age of anxiety": Cold War political culture and the crisis in American masculinity, 1949-1960." The Journal of American History 87.2 (2000): 515-545.

The article discusses the political storm in America during the cold war based on how people viewed the threat of communism. It discusses how those who viewed to have small danger as "soft" while those who viewed it has dangerous as "hard." The article discusses how this political stereotype was eminent in American politics during the war. The article despite having less evidence on matter is in accordance to the study topic of American politics in Cold war.

Fordham, Benjamin O. "Domestic politics, international pressure, and the allocation of American Cold War military spending." The Journal of Politics 64.1 (2002): 63-88.

The article discusses the political differences between different political groups in America during the cold war. The article discusses different political moves made by democrats and republicans in the United States during the cold war whereby republicans advocated for spending resources to enhance strategic forces whereas democrats stood for spending on conventional forces. The paper does not offer specific reasons for the differences but clearly shows there were political differences on best decisions during the cold war.

Hamlin, Rebecca, and Philip E. Wolgin. "Symbolic politics and policy feedback: The United Nations Protocol relating to the status of refugees and American refugee policy in the Cold War." International Migration Review 46.3 (2012): 586-624.

The article discusses how American politics influenced the US Senate to define the refugees as people who were fleeing communism which was contrary to the United Nations definition. The definition was greatly contributed to cold war whereby the America politics were against Communism which was advocated by their rivals Russia. Despite the lack of consistency in the article, it portrays the political situation in the United States towards refugees.

Kim, Jodi. "An" Orphan" with Two Mothers: Transnational and Transracial Adoption, the Cold War, and Contemporary Asian American Cultural Politics." American Quarterly 61.4 (2009): 855-880.

The article has discussed America political influence to countries such as Vietnam and Korea. It discusses how the American cold war politics let to Vietnamese and Koreans migration to the United States and more specifically on the country political campaign to adopt Korean and Vietnamese babies after the Korean and Vietnam wars during the cold war. The article portrays American political mileage in the cold war and how it led to the adoption of babies from the two countries.

Shaw, Tony. "The politics of Cold War culture." Journal of Cold War Studies 3.3 (2001): 59-76.

The article has examined politics in America and Britain during the cold war. Its examination is major via other recent studies explaining the politics and cultural activities that were eminent during the cold war. The paper covers more the cultural differences during the work than the politics involved. In general, the article is by the topic as it has provided political stereotypes during the warlike viewing the culture of western through the prism of the cold war.

Wilford, Hugh. "American labor diplomacy and cold war Britain." Journal of contemporary history 37.1 (2002): 45-65.

The article has discussed on political efforts the United States employed during the cold war to win elites in labor movements. It employed positive and negative strategy whereby the countries allied to America there were smooth labor and productivity deals, but to those allied to communism, there were restrictions in its labor diplomacy. The paper despite a lack of consistency in its finding is in accordance to the study topic.