The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 19411947

Klappentext This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians! examining the many other forces -- domestic politics! bureaucratic inertia! quirks of personality! and perceptions of Soviet intentions -- that influenced key decision makers in Washington. Zusammenfassung This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians! examining the many other forces-domestic politics! bureaucratic inertia! quirks of personality! and perceptions of Soviet intentions-that influenced key decision makers in Washington.

Autorentext

John Lewis Gaddis is professor of history at Yale University

Inhalt

Preface to the New EditionPrefaceAbbreviations Used in the Footnotes 1. The Past as Prologue: The American Vision of the Postwar World2. The Soviet Union and World Revolution: the American View, 1941-19443. Cooperating for Victory: Defeating Germany and Japan4. Repression versus Rehabilitation: The Problem of Germany5. Security versus Self-Determination: The Problem of Eastern Europe6. Economic Relations: Lend-Lease and the Russian Loan7. Victory and Transition: Harry S. Truman and the Russians8. The Impotence of Omnipotence: American Diplomacy, the Atomic Bomb, and the Postwar World9. Getting Tough with Russia: The Reorientation of American Policy, 194610. To the Truman Doctrine: Implementing the New Policy11. Conclusion: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War BibliographyIndex