Abstract:

Three correlative traits stand out in the Cold War history studies in the English world in the first 20 years of the 21^st Century. First, with the “decentration” in the Cold War studies, the relationship between the Cold War and the Third World becomes a hotspot issue. Second, renewed attention is paid to the Cold War history in Europe, putting Europe in the central place rather than treating it as an object in great-power confrontation. Third, there are still lots of influential works on U.S.-Soviet Cold War History, in particular, on the peaceful end of the Cold War. Although scholars continue to debate on some of the very basic issues regarding the Cold War, Cold War studies will be an eternal field of inquiry. It will be remembered and studied like such historical events as World War I and World War II.

Key words: new studies of the Cold War history, “decentration”, Cold War and the Third World, European Cold War History studies, studies on the peaceful end of the Cold War