Westad, O A


Professor O A Westad  

Department

Position held

Department of International History

Professor of International History

Cold War Studies Centre

LSE IDEAS

Director

Asia Research Centre

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

British Academy

Fellow

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.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Asia; China; East Asia

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]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7252

Publications

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

2012

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.

2011

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

2010

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

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, 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

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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