Origins of the Cold War

Melvyn P. Leffler, David S. Painter

'An excellent collection, which offers works with which students would be unfamiliar. The articles demonstrate a real commitment to international history.' - Robert L. Beisner, The American University, Washington DC'A fresh collection of stimulating and impressive essays. This book will be of great value not only to students of the subject but to those teaching.' - John A. Thompson, University of Cambridge

• Introduction: The International System and the Origins of the Cold War Part 1: Soviet and American Strategy and Diplomacy 1. National Security and US Foreign Policy 2. Stalin and Soviet Foreign Policy 3. The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War 4. Stalin and the Bomb Part 2: Three Cold War Crises: Iran, Turkey and Greece 5. The Iranian Crisis of 1946 and the Origins of the Cold War 6. The Turkish War Scare of 1946 7. The Greek Civil War Part 3: Europe and the Cold War 8. British Policy and the Origins of the Cold War 9. The European Dimension of the Cold War 10. The Russians in Germany 11. Communism in Bulgaria 12. Stalin and the Italian Communists 13. Hegemony and Autonomy Within the Western Alliance Part 4: The Cold War in Asia, Africa and Latin America 14. From the Marshall Plan to the Third World 15. Revolutionary Movements in Asia and the Cold War 16. Stalin and the Korean War 17. Mao and Sino-American Relations 18. The Impact of the Cold War on Latin America 19. The United States, the Cold War and the Color Line. Epilogue: The End of the Cold War