Is the concept of cold war an expression of self-damaging Euro-American egocentrism?
By Tarek Ali Hassan Monday, November 04, 2002 In the US and the West we automatically speak of the cold war, 1945-1991. To the millions in the non euro-american world it has been the longest, bloodiest, and most devastating war in history. America and the West need to understand that in depth, in order to forstall and causally neutralise mounting negative perceptions in many devastated societies that crave understanding and help to heal, rebuild and develop Is the concept of cold war an expression of self-damaging Euro-American egocentrism? By Tarek Ali Hassan In the US and the West even the former Soviet Union, everyone automatically speaks of the cold war, 1945-1991. The concept has become a universal automatism. Yet, the continued reference to the great war of 1945 – 1991 as the cold war is a reminder that in the minds of the leading powers of the world, even in the mind of many intellectuals and historians in the West, the people of the south, especially when they belong to other c
