The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947John 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. |
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Procura do Utilizador - Schmerguls - LibraryThingThis is a 1972 book which won the Bancroft Prize in 1973 so I read it. It does an excellent job reviewing the events which led to the Cold War, and demonstarated to me that the revisionists are wrong ... Ler crítica na íntegra
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The American Vuw 19411944 | 14 |
Defeating Germany and Japan | 45 |
The Problem of Germany | 77 |
Security versus SelfDetermination The Problem of Eastern Europe | 115 |
LendLease and the Russian Loan | 156 |
Victory and Transition Harry S Truman and the Russians | 180 |
American Diplomacy the Atomic Bomb and the Postwar World | 226 |
The Reorientation of American Policy 1946 | 264 |
Implementing the New Policy | 298 |
The United States and the Origins of the Cold War | 335 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 345 |
365 | |
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The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 John Lewis Gaddis Pré-visualização limitada - 2000 |
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The Power Elite and the State: How Policy Is Made in America G. William Domhoff Pré-visualização limitada - 1990 |