Westad, O A
Professor O A Westad
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Non LSE positions held
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Position held
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British Academy
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Fellow
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Experience keywords:
Chinese foreign policy; East Asian international history; cold war; Russian foreign policy history; third world revolutions; 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.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Asia; China; East Asia
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Languages: Chinese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Russian [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]; Norwegian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]
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Media experience:
Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Westad, O. A. (2012) China and the world: the origins of Chinese global power from 1750 to today. The Bodley Head, London, UK. ISBN 9781847921970 Westad, Odd. Arne and Chubarian, Alexandr and Pechatnov, Vladimir and Rajak, Svetozar, (eds.) (2012) British – Soviet relations in the Cold War, 1945-1964. British Academy/ Russian Academy, London, UK; Moscow, Russia. Westad, O.A. (2011) Struggles for modernity: the golden years of the Sino-Soviet alliance. In: Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, (ed.) The cold war in East Asia 1945-1991. Stanford University Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 35-62. ISBN 9780804773317 Westad, O.A. (2010) The cold war and the international history of the twentieth century. In: Leffler, Melvyn P. and Westad, O.A., (eds.) The Cambridge history of the cold war. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-19. ISBN 9780521837194 Westad, O.A. (2010) The great transformation: China in the long 1970s. In: Ferguson, Niall and Maier, Charles S. and Manela, Erez and Sargent, Daniel J., (eds.) The shock of the global: the 1970s in perspective. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674049048 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 Westad, O.A (2005) The global cold war: third world interventions and the making of our times. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521853644 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 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 Westad, O.A and Moon, Chung-In, (eds.) (2001) Ending the Cold War in Korea: theoretical and historical perspectives. Yonsei University Press. ISBN 9788971415634 Westad, O.A, (ed.) (2000) Reviewing the Cold War: approaches, interpretations, theory. Frank Cass, London, UK. ISBN 0714681202 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 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 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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