From Yalta to the Iron Curtain : the great powers and the origins of the Cold War

From Yalta to the Iron Curtain : the great powers and the origins of the Cold War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Senarclens, Pierre de
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Oxford ; Washington, D.C., USA : Berg, 1995.
Edition:English ed.
Series:World time series
Subjects:
Cold War.
Great powers.
Grote mogendheden.
Koude Oorlog.
Cold war.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The "Grand Alliance" A Heterogeneous Coalition. Strategy and Conflict. The Yalta Conference
  • 2. The Disintegration of the "Grand Alliance" Hopes and Concerns. The Disagreement about Poland. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Disappointment. Harry Truman Becomes President of the United States. The "Iron Curtain" Casts Its Shadow. The United States Abandons Poland
  • 3. Disagreement among the Victors. The Hegemony of the Great Powers. The USSR: A Colossus with Feet of Clay. The Rise of American Hegemony. The British Empire's Finest Hour. France Weakened. Divergence over the International Order. The Potsdam Conference. Disagreement and Compromise
  • 4. Spheres of Influence. Toward the Division of Europe. The End of the War in Asia. The Labour Government's Ideas. Disagreement over the Peace Treaties. Stalin's Isolationist Policy. The "Three Great Monroes" The Specter of the Atomic Bomb. The Search for Compromise
  • 5. The Beginning of the Cold War. Public Confrontation. The USSR Gains Strength in Eastern Europe. Kennan's Long Telegram. Warnings from Winston Churchill. British Concerns
  • 6. Deadlocks in European Diplomacy. The German Question. The Peace Talks Continue. Disputes over Italy. The Collapse of the Potsdam Agreement
  • 7. The Development of the Cold War. The Crystallization of Ideological Antagonism. The New Strategy of the United States in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The Peace Talks Recommence. Challenges to Western Hegemony in Asia.
  • The Withdrawal of the British Empire
  • 8. Containment. The Division of Europe. The Collapse of British Power. The Truman Doctrine. The Moscow Conference
  • 9. The Consolidation of the Spheres of Influence. The Development of American Strategy. The Implementation of the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Reply. The Development of American Hegemony. The Creation of the Cominform. Strategic Rapprochement in Europe and the Middle East
  • 10. The Defense of Europe. The Division of Germany. The Bevin Initiative. The Western European Union. The Berlin Blockade.

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