Economic Security and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950 / Robert A. Pollard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollard, Robert A., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Focuses on the role of economic interdependence in upholding the Western alliance and American power and shares how successive Presidents since Truman have felt compelled to defend this multilateral system for this purpose.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter One. The Political Economy of Postwar America

Chapter Two. Planning for the Peace: Bretton Woods, Postwar Relief, and Soviet-American Relations, 1944-1945

Chapter Three. Cold War in the Soviet Sphere: American Policies in Eastern Europe, the Russian Loan, and Containment Doctrine, 1945-1947

Chapter Four. Recovery and Crisis in Western Europe, 1945-47

Chapter Five. Indecision in Germany, 1945-1947

Chapter Six. The Truman Doctrine: Greece, Turkey, Iran, and U.S. Interests in the Near East

Chapter Seven. The Marshall Plan: Interim Aid, the European Recovery Program, and the Division of Europe, 1947-1949

Chapter Eight. U.S. Economic Diplomacy in East Asia: The Fall of China and the Reconstruction of Japan, 1945-1950

Chapter Nine. Natural Resources and National Security: U.S. Policy in the Developing World, 1945-1950

Chapter Ten. The Waning of Economic Containment: NATO, Military Aid, and NSC 68, 1948-1950

Chapter Eleven. Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780231881326

0231881320

OCLC:

1100440038