▁Life ▁( 2 0 1 1 ). ▁G add is ▁argued ▁that ▁neither ▁side ▁bore ▁sole ▁responsibility , ▁as ▁he ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁constraints ▁im posed ▁on ▁American ▁polic ym akers ▁by ▁domestic ▁politics . ▁G add is ▁ ▁critic ized ▁revision ist ▁sch ol ars , ▁particularly ▁Williams , ▁for ▁failing ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Soviet ▁policy ▁in ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War . ▁ ▁Ernest ▁R . ▁May ▁concluded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁" The ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁were ▁do omed ▁to ▁be ▁ant agon ists . ▁... ▁There ▁probably ▁was ▁never ▁any ▁real ▁possibility ▁that ▁the ▁post - 1 9 4 5 ▁relationship ▁could ▁be ▁anything ▁but ▁host ility ▁ver ging ▁on ▁conflict ▁... ▁Trad itions , ▁belief ▁systems , ▁prop in qu ity , ▁and ▁convenience ▁... ▁all ▁combined ▁to ▁stim ulate ▁ant agon ism , ▁and ▁almost ▁no ▁factor ▁operated ▁in ▁either ▁country ▁to ▁hold ▁it ▁back ." ▁ ▁Social ▁history ▁ ▁Social ▁history , ▁often ▁called ▁the ▁new ▁social ▁history , ''' ▁is ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁ordinary ▁people ▁and ▁their ▁strateg ies ▁of ▁cop ing ▁with ▁life . ▁It ▁includes ▁topics ▁like ▁dem ography , ▁women , ▁family , ▁and ▁education . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁growth ▁field ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁among ▁sch ol ars , ▁and ▁still ▁is ▁well ▁represented ▁in ▁history ▁depart ments . ▁In ▁two ▁dec ades ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 5