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On the edge of the Cold War : American diplomats and spies in postwar Prague / Igor Lukes.
Van Pelt Library DB2078.U6 L85 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lukes, Igor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Czechoslovakia.
- United States--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.
- United States.
- Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--1945-1992.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- History.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- pages ; cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Postwar Czechoslovakia: the master key to Europe?
- Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from its Munich grave
- General Eisenhower declines to liberate Prague
- Spring 1945: the Americans return to the Schönborn Palace
- Ambassador Steinhardt's delayed arrival
- A chronicle of wasted opportunities
- Steinhardt encounters reality: nationalization, expulsions, and U.S. military withdrawal
- America's first warning signs: from the Stechovice raid toward the May 1946 elections
- Great expectations and lost illusions: U.S. intelligence in postwar Prague
- Passing the point of no-return: Prague withdraws from the Marshall plan
- The communists exchange popularity for absolute power
- The Schönborn Palace under siege: Americans as "spies and saboteurs".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195166798
- 0195166795
- OCLC:
- 758391858
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