This study explores the role of refugees in international relations by looking at the largest involuntary migration of Ukrainians in history. Using both Western and newly available Soviet sources it sheds light on Grand Alliance policies towards World War II Ukrainian refugees. It demonstrates how the activities of this particular group of refugees had an impact on international refugee policy and provides insight into the origins of the Cold War.

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MARTA DYCZOK is Assistant Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and Fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Toronto. This book is based on her doctoral dissertation completed at the Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford (1995). She is the author of the book Ukraine: Movement Without Change. Change Without Movement.

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List of Tables List of Maps and Diagrams List of Appendices Acknowledges List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Notes on Transliteration Introduction Wartime Events and Planning (September 1939 - Spring 1945) The War Ends (May - September 1945) The Uneasy Peace: Inadequate Solutions (Autumn 1945 - Spring 1946) Change and the Search for New Solution (Spring 1946 - Spring 1947) The Last Phase of Displacement (Summer 1947 - January 1952) Conclusion Notes Appendices Bibliography Index