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Informationen zum Autor John Gaddis Klappentext 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. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
