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Part 1 Theory: reconstructing the Cold War - the evolution of aconsuming paradigm, Alastair Murray; explaining the Cold War, CharlesReynolds. Part 2 Stretching out the paradigms: Anglo-American relations andthe Cold War, Alan P. Dobson; the limits of US Cold War hegemony - lessonsfrom the Anglo-Iranian oil crisis, Steve Marsh; explaining outside interestsin the Persian Gulf, Shahin P. Malik; the great simplifier - the Cold War andSouth Africa, Graham Evans; the United States and India - the challenge ofneutralism to bipolarity, Jacqueline Dix. Part 3 Beyond the paradigms: thecross and the bear - the Vatican's Cold War diplomacy in East Central Europe,David Ryall; learning from the Cold War nuclear confrontation, Paul Rogers;Soviet and Russian perspectives on the Cold War, Robert Bideleux. Part 4Conclusion: the Cold War in the context of world history, Clive Ponting.