The United States and the Origins of the Cold War 1941-1947

Erscheinungsjahr 1972
ISBN: 978-0-231-03289-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History

John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. 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, and in doing so seeks to analyze these determinants of policy in terms of their full diversity and relative significance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaddis, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the New EditionPrefaceAbbreviations Used in the Footnotes1. 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 WarBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

John Lewis Gaddis is professor of history at Yale University