In Heonik Kwon’s The Other Cold War, the author was not writing about the Cold War in the usual cookie-cutter version. Kwon brought the telling of the Cold War from an entirely different point of view; that is, he brought in the collective global perspective and impact to societies and not solely the Western (European-American) perspective. He also took it a step further and aimed at altering the popular beliefs people typically have due to other historical theorist’s claims.
One of Kwon’s most important contributions was his criticism of Western theorists for failing to see the violence of the Cold War. As stated by him “…the West’s understanding of the cold war is not necessarily extendible to how the non-Western world experienced it and …show more content…
He said simply that “Societies varyingly endured the political history of the cold war either as an imaginary war or as other than imaginary, either without or with large-scale violence and human suffering” (Kwon 18).
Overall, in The Other Cold War by Heonik Kwon the history of the cold war is told in a unique fashion. Kwon critiques his peer’s theories on the cold war. He also brought the various global perspectives on the cold war rather than the usual exclusive coverage of the Western experience; and along with that the social impacts of the war around the globe. Kwon is very successfully challenged a lot of misconceptions on the history of the cold war. The scholarly review by Suzy Kim was extremely well written. Not only did it thoroughly cover the main topics and arguments of Kwon, but it incorporated supporting evidence of Kim’s recent trip to Korea. She documented how accurately Kwon realized the effects of the cold war in other countries and to the extent it still affects them today. Not only that but she points out all the key contributions Kwon made toward to the documentation of the cold
One of Kwon’s most important contributions was his criticism of Western theorists for failing to see the violence of the Cold War. As stated by him “…the West’s understanding of the cold war is not necessarily extendible to how the non-Western world experienced it and …show more content…
He said simply that “Societies varyingly endured the political history of the cold war either as an imaginary war or as other than imaginary, either without or with large-scale violence and human suffering” (Kwon 18).
Overall, in The Other Cold War by Heonik Kwon the history of the cold war is told in a unique fashion. Kwon critiques his peer’s theories on the cold war. He also brought the various global perspectives on the cold war rather than the usual exclusive coverage of the Western experience; and along with that the social impacts of the war around the globe. Kwon is very successfully challenged a lot of misconceptions on the history of the cold war. The scholarly review by Suzy Kim was extremely well written. Not only did it thoroughly cover the main topics and arguments of Kwon, but it incorporated supporting evidence of Kim’s recent trip to Korea. She documented how accurately Kwon realized the effects of the cold war in other countries and to the extent it still affects them today. Not only that but she points out all the key contributions Kwon made toward to the documentation of the cold