Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012

Description

1. xi, 295 pages : maps; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "During the American Civil War, Secretary of State William Seward predicted that Russia and the United States would confront one another on the plains of Eastern Asia--and they did in the 1890s. The rivalry of these two great nation-states heightened when the Russian Revolution added a different ideological dimension to the struggle. The Cold War is the result of that past--and the dilemmas of Soviet and American foreign policies today have a half-century of history behind them. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1966 examines the foreign policies of both countries in this historical setting. Professor LeFeber concentrates on two key periods in the Cold War--the first is the period from 1944-1946 when the situation intensified and the second is the mid-50s when it assumed a new shape. In the events of 1945 and 1946, he finds the background for Stalin's later moves in Germany and Korea as well as for the American policies which resulted in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. In the mid-50s, both American and Russian foreign policies began to pivot away from their focus on Europe and became concerned with the newly-emerging nations. Professor LaFeber analyzes not only the policies of both the United States and Russia but also domestic sources for these policies. For the United States, he has used extensively the newly-opened papers of John Foster Dulles as well as the papers of Harry S. Truman, Bernard Baruch, William Clayton and others who were actively involved in U.S. policy decisions."--Dust jacket.

Series statement

1. America in crisis

Uniform title

1. America in crisis.

Subject

1. 1945-1989
2. World politics > 1945-1989
3. Cold War
4. Politique mondiale > 1945-1989
5. Guerre froide
6. Diplomatic relations
7. World politics
8. United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
9. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States
10. Rusia > EE. UU
11. États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS
12. URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis
13. Soviet Union
14. United States
15. Russia > Foreign relations > United States

Genre/Form

1. Association copies (Provenance)
2. Case studies

Contents

1. Open doors, iron curtains (1945) -- The declaration of cold war (1945-1946) -- Two halves of the same walnut (1946-1948) -- New coalitions (1948-1950) -- Korea : the war for both Asia and Europe (1950-1951) -- New issues, new faces (1951-1953) -- A different cold war (1953-1955) -- East and west of Suez (1954-1957) -- New frontiers and old dilemmas (1957-1962) -- Ultimate questions of power (1962-1967).

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275. Bibliographical footnotes).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain