Westad, O A


Professor O A Westad  

Department

Position held

LSE IDEAS

Director

Asia Research Centre

Department of International History

Professor of International History

Cold War Studies Centre

Experience keywords:

third world revolutions; Chinese foreign policy; Russian foreign policy history; East Asian international history; cold war; Chinese Communist Party

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Professor Westad's research interests are in 20th century international history, the history of East Asia and the historical origins of contemporary international affairs.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Asia; East Asia; China

Languages:

German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]; Norwegian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Chinese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Russian [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7252

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2006

Westad, Odd A and Quinn-Judge, S, (eds.) (2006) The third Indochina War: Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415390583

2005

Westad, Odd. Arne (2005) Beginnings of the end: how the Cold War crumbled. In: Pons, Silvio and Romero, Federico, (eds.) Reinterpreting the end of the Cold War: issues, interpretations, periodizations. Frank Cass, London; New York, pp. 68-81. ISBN 9780714656953

Westad, O.A (2005) The global cold war: third world interventions and the making of our times. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521853644

2003

Hanhimäki, Jussi M. and Westad, Odd Arne, (eds.) (2003) The Cold War: a history in documents and eyewitness accounts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198208624

Westad, Odd A, (ed.) (2003) Decisive Encounters: the Chinese civil war, 1946-1950. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. ISBN 080474484X pb 0804744785 hb

Westad, O.A and Hanhimäki, Jussi M, (eds.) (2003) The Cold War : a history in documents and eyewitness accounts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198208626

2001

Westad, O.A and Moon, Chung-In, (eds.) (2001) Ending the Cold War in Korea: theoretical and historical perspectives. Yonsei University Press. ISBN 9788971415634

2000

Westad, O.A, (ed.) (2000) Reviewing the Cold War: approaches, interpretations, theory. Frank Cass, London, UK. ISBN 0714681202

1998

Westad, O.A and Jian, C and Tonnesson, S and Tungand, Nguyen Vu and Hershberg, J (1998) 77 conversations between Chinese and foreign leaders on the wars in Indochina, 1964-1977. Working Paper No.22. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, USA

Westad, O.A (1998) Brothers in arms: the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance, 1945-1963. Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Washington, USA. ISBN 0804734852

1994

Westad, O.A and Holtsmark, Sven G and Neumann, Iver B, (eds.) (1994) The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945-89. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 0333602307

1993

Westad, O.A (1993) Cold War and revolution: Soviet-American rivalry and the origins of the Chinese Civil War, 1944-1946. Columbia University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0231079842

Westad, O.A and Lundestad, G, (eds.) (1993) Beyond the Cold War: new dimensions in international relations. Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, Norway. ISBN 8200217124

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