Tocqueville on America, Custine on Russia: Two Rationales for the Cold War

Only over a century after their first publication did American commentators read Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (1835, 1840) and Astolphe de Custine’s Russia in 1839 (1843) jointly and recognized in the two works complementary visionary explanations of the Cold War underway.

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The Tocqueville Review/La revue Tocqueville
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.3138/ttr.46.2.193
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Political Theory and Influence
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Tocqueville on America, Custine on Russia: Two Rationales for the Cold War

Olivier Zunz
The Tocqueville Review/La revue Tocqueville
Political Theory and Influence
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Tocqueville on America, Custine on Russia: Two Rationales for the Cold War

Olivier Zunz
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Abstract

Only over a century after their first publication did American commentators read Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (1835, 1840) and Astolphe de Custine’s Russia in 1839 (1843) jointly and recognized in the two works complementary visionary explanations of the Cold War underway.

The Tocqueville Review/La revue TocquevilleVol. 46(2)
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