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Author Mastny, Vojtech

Title Cold War and Soviet Insecurity : the Stalin Years
Published Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (571 pages)
Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: The Cold War as History -- 1: Stalin�s Quest for Soviet Security -- Defense of the Despotism -- The Making of an Empire -- The Unwanted Cold War -- 2: The Specter of Communism (September 1947�June 1948) -- The Birth of the Cominform -- The Balkan Trap -- The Stakes Increased -- 3: A Harvest of Blunders (June 1948�April 1949) -- The Berlin Fiasco -- The Dictator�s Delusions -- Militarization of the Cold War
4: Retreat and Consolidation (April 1949�November 1949)Cutting the Losses -- The Trials of Past Errors -- No End to the Cold War -- 5: Resuming Advance (November 1949�June 1950) 80 -- Real and Imaginary Subversion -- The Second Front in Asia -- The Design for Aggression -- 6: The Test of Strength (June 1950�January 1951) -- An Adventure Gone Wrong -- War Expanded -- At the Brink -- 7: On the Defensive (January 1951�March 1952) -- Eastern Europe under Siege -- The Inauspicious Negotiating -- “I Trust No One�
8: Fits and Starts (March 1952�November 1952)Stalin�s German Illusion -- The Despot Loses His Grip -- Win the War at Home -- 9: The Dead End (November 1952�March 1953) -- The Nadir of Stalinism -- Stalin�s Last Plot -- The Unopened Window of Opportunity -- 10: Coping with the Stalin Legacy (March�July 1953) -- The Prevailing Consensus -- Beriia and the German Crisis -- The Saving of the Soviet System -- Conclusion: The Soviet Threat in Retrospect -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Index
Summary In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Russia's Road to the Cold War (1979), Vojtech Mastny offers a thorough history of the early years of the Cold War, drawing upon his extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. Just as the earlier volume offered the definitive portrait of Joseph Stalin's foreign policy during World War II, The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity affords readers an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining important new data with the fascinating insights of one of our leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this book illumina
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Subject National security -- Soviet Union
National security
Politics and government
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
Subject Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195352115
0195352114