In this book, Albert L. Weeks provides a lucid analysis of the Cold War as he dispels the myths that have made their way into contemporary historiography on the topic, while using the conflict as a lens through which to view contemporary crises, such as Russia's recent intervention in Ukraine.
In this book, Albert L. Weeks provides a lucid analysis of the Cold War as he dispels the myths that have made their way into contemporary historiography on the topic, while using the conflict as a lens through which to view contemporary crises, such as Russia's recent intervention in Ukraine.
Albert L. Weeks served in the U.S. Department of State as senior Soviet analyst during the Cold War and is the author of several books on international affairs.
Inhaltsangabe
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introduction; Distorted Cold War Historiography CHAPTER 2 Cold War Basics ·Looming Cold War, 1943-1946 ·Cold War Calendar ·A "New" Postwar Stalin? CHAPTER 3 Myth of Ideological Irrelevance ·Ideology and the Cold War ·The Realist View ·Traditionalist View ·Soviet Diplomatic "Warfare" CHAPTER 4 Fallacy of Stalin's "Defencist Security" ·Stalin's Empty Argument ·Moscow's Post-Soviet Attempts at Unity ·Soviet Doctrine of Expansion ·Finland ·Ukraine ·Other Borderland Countries ·Special Cases of the Baltic States and Poland ·Expansion if the Far East ·American Reaction ·Prewar, Wartime, Postwar Soviet Expansion ·Soviet Expansion, 1940-1946 ·Expansionism of 1939 to June 1941 ·Resistance to Further Expansion CHAPTER 5 Cold War Clash Over New Postwar World ·The Roosevelt Factor ·Stalin's "World" vs. Western Projection ·Clashes Between "Civilizations" CHAPTER 6 Current Russian Texts on the Cold War ·Post-Soviet Textbooks ·Other Post-Soviet Books CHAPTER 7 Lessons for the "Next" Cold War ·China Cold War Case ·Avoiding old Wars ·Preventive Measures ·How "Marxist" Is China? ·Conclusions APPENDIX I OWI/War Department Handbook on USSR (1946) APPENDIX II Stalin's and Molotov's Electoral Speeches, February 1946 APPENDIX III Andrei A. Zhdanov on "Two-World Struggle"
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introduction; Distorted Cold War Historiography CHAPTER 2 Cold War Basics ·Looming Cold War, 1943-1946 ·Cold War Calendar ·A "New" Postwar Stalin? CHAPTER 3 Myth of Ideological Irrelevance ·Ideology and the Cold War ·The Realist View ·Traditionalist View ·Soviet Diplomatic "Warfare" CHAPTER 4 Fallacy of Stalin's "Defencist Security" ·Stalin's Empty Argument ·Moscow's Post-Soviet Attempts at Unity ·Soviet Doctrine of Expansion ·Finland ·Ukraine ·Other Borderland Countries ·Special Cases of the Baltic States and Poland ·Expansion if the Far East ·American Reaction ·Prewar, Wartime, Postwar Soviet Expansion ·Soviet Expansion, 1940-1946 ·Expansionism of 1939 to June 1941 ·Resistance to Further Expansion CHAPTER 5 Cold War Clash Over New Postwar World ·The Roosevelt Factor ·Stalin's "World" vs. Western Projection ·Clashes Between "Civilizations" CHAPTER 6 Current Russian Texts on the Cold War ·Post-Soviet Textbooks ·Other Post-Soviet Books CHAPTER 7 Lessons for the "Next" Cold War ·China Cold War Case ·Avoiding old Wars ·Preventive Measures ·How "Marxist" Is China? ·Conclusions APPENDIX I OWI/War Department Handbook on USSR (1946) APPENDIX II Stalin's and Molotov's Electoral Speeches, February 1946 APPENDIX III Andrei A. Zhdanov on "Two-World Struggle"
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