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100 1 $aWettig, Gerhard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50018027
245 10 $aStalin and the Cold War in Europe :$bthe emergence and development of East-West conflict, 1939-1953 /$cGerhard Wettig.
260 $aLandham, Md :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $aviii, 285 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aHarvard Cold War studies book series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-278) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tPrelude to Postwar East-West Conflict -- $g3.$tFailure of Interallied Cooperation, 1945-1947 -- $g4.$tOutbreak and Culmination of the Cold War, 1947-1949 -- $g5.$t"Struggle for Peace," 1949-1953 -- $g6.$tStalin's Role in Cold War Interaction.
520 1 $a"The Cold War was a unique international conflict partly because Joseph Stalin sought socialist transformation of other countries rather than simply the traditional objectives. This intriguing book, based on recently accessible Soviet primary sources, is the first to explain the emergence of the Cold War and its development in Stalin's lifetime from the perspective of Soviet policy making. The book pays particular attention to the often-neglected "societal" dimension of Soviet foreign policy as a crucial element of the genesis and development of the Cold War. It is also the first to put German postwar development into the context of Soviet Cold War policy. Stalin vainly tried to mobilize the Germans with slogans of national unity and then to discredit the West among the Germans by forcing the surrender of Berlin. Further attempts to prevail deadlocked him into a confrontation with the newly united Western powers. Comparing Stalin's internal statements with Soviet actions, Gerhard Wettig draws original conclusions about Stalin's meta-plans for the regions of Germany and Eastern Europe. This fascinating look at Soviet politics during the Cold War provides readers with new insights into Stalin's willingness to initiate crisis with the West while still avoiding military conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCold War.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005637
651 0 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045750
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1945-1991.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125848
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zEurope.
651 0 $aEurope$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114991
830 0 $aHarvard Cold War studies book series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001032060
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007012388.html
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