February 6, 2004

Where the Cold War Still Rages

By ALICE GOMSTYN

'Totalitarian' and 'revisionist' historians debate who was right; some say it's time to move on

During the cold war, a debate flourished among American scholars studying Russian history: What fueled the survival of the Soviet regime? Unlike the two superpowers themselves, the opposing sides waged no proxy wars. They fought each other with the tenacity of babushkas on a bread line, armed with dueling theses and impassioned critiques.

One group of scholars, known as the

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