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Between East and South: Spaces of Interaction in the Globalizing Economy of the Cold War
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Journal of Cold War Studies (2020) 22 (3): 256–258.
Published: 01 August 2020
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Publisher: Journals Gateway
Journal of Cold War Studies (2003) 5 (3): 80–95.
Published: 01 July 2003
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View articletitled, Rethinking Cold War Universities: Some Recent Histories
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Detailed research in archives and other primary sources has added a great deal to our understanding of American universities during the Cold War. Recent studies of the “Cold War University” describe the sometimes contradictory ambitions surrounding these institutions: faculty members seeking an escape from the classroom through external funding, administrators hoping to enhance their university's prestige and balance sheet, and government agencies promoting cutting-edge research with practical (usually military) applications. By examining four recent books on the topic, this article asks whether these impulses created a genuinely new institution—a “Cold War University”—or merely built on existing trends.