The Cold War Begins : Soviet-American Conflict Over East Europe / Lynn Etheridge Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Lynn Etheridge, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1255

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--United States.

Europe, Eastern.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical issue in the origins of the Cold War-the development of Soviet-American conflict over Eastern Europe from 1941 to 1945-is the subject of Lynn Etheridge Davis's book. Disagreeing with those writers who argue that conflict arose from the determination of the United States to obtain economic markets in Europe or from imprecise assessments of Soviet security interests, the author describes how the United States made an initial commitment to the Atlantic Charter principles in 1941, then continued to promote the creation of representative governments in Eastern Europe without clearly identifying American interests or foreseeing the consequences of these actions.Using recently released documents of the Departments of State and War, Professor Davis explains how the views of U.S. officials on postwar peace precluded approval of Soviet efforts to establish a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe through the imposition of Communist regimes. She describes how American officials interpreted Soviet actions as intent to expand into Western Europe and how the subsequent undermining of Allied cooperation around the world led to the Cold War.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE. The Anglo-Soviet Treaty 1942

TWO. Poland 1941-1943

THREE. Postwar Plans and Expectations 1941-1943

FOUR. The Polish-Soviet Dispute 1944

FIVE. Spheres of Influence in Eastern Europe J944

SIX. Roosevelt Takes the Initiative Yalta 1945

SEVEN. Poland 1945

EIGHT. Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary: Challenges to the Yalta Agreements

NINE. Potsdam, London, Moscow 1945

TEN. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia 1945

ELEVEN. Conclusions

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 401-412.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-6802-5

OCLC:

902958206