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This book, first published in 1961, is an analysis of the great struggle of the twentieth century, the Cold War. It carefully examines the conflict's origins in the Russian Revolution of 1917, and follows the thread of antagonism between west and east all the way up to 1960. These were the key years of the Cold War, when it seemed that the prospect of nuclear confrontation was a real one, and this book offers a close reading of the main events of those years. This volume concentrates on the European theatre, and Volume Two focuses on the Cold War in the East.
List of contents
Volume One. Part 1. Enemies and Allies, 1917-1945 1. World War and Red Revolution, 1914-1917 2. Russian Civil War and Western Intervention, 1917-1921 3. Communism Confined and Ostracized, 1921-1934 4. Fascism Appeased, 1934-1938 5. The ‘Phony’ War, 1939-1941 6. The Soviet-German Truce, 1939-1941 7. Allies In War, 1941-1945 8. The Yalta Conference Period, October 1944-April 1945 9. The Struggle for Poland, 1939-1949 10. Soviet Objectives in East Europe, 1945 Part 2. The Cold War in Europe, 1945-1950 11. After Roosevelt, April-August 1945 12. After Hiroshima, August-November 1945 13. Rising Tension, November 1945-July 1946 14. Atomic Impasse, January 1946-July 1949 15. Stabilization, August-December 1946 16. The Truman Doctrine, January-June 1947 17. From the Marshall Plan to the Communist Seizure of Czechoslovakia, June 1947-May 1948 18. From the Berlin Blockade to NATO, March 1948-August 1949 19. After the Soviet A-bomb, September 1949-June 1950 Volume Two (issued separately) Part 3. The Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1955 20. The Fall of China to Communism, 1927-1950 21. The Crucifixion of Korea, 1945-1954 22. Colonialism, Communism and Nationalism in South-East Asia, 1945-1954 23. The First Formosa Crisis, January-July 1955 24. The First Summit Conference, July 1955 Part 4. The Second Cold War, 1955-1959 25. The Failure to Make Peace, July 1955-October 1956 26. The Revolutions in Poland and Hungary, October 1956 27. Explosions at Suez, October 1956 28. Lessening Tension, April-August 1957 29. After the Sputniks, October 1957-April 1958 30. Trouble in All Directions, April-October 1958 31. Berlin II, November 1958-July 1959 32. The Turn Toward Peace, July-December 1959 33. The Frustrated Summit at Paris, January-June 1960 34. Why the West Lost the Cold War 35. The Future
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D.F. Fleming
Summary
This book, first published in 1961, is an analysis of the great struggle of the twentieth century, the Cold War. This volume concentrates on the European theatre, and Volume Two focuses on the Cold War in the East.
