Talk by Paul Thomas Chamberlin, “The Cold War’s Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace”
HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa BarbaraPaul Thomas Chamberlin recounts the brutal conflicts that killed millions on battlegrounds across the postcolonial world. He proposes a new geography and periodization and explores the lasting political impact of mass violence after 1945.