The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947
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The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 by John Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the many other forces-domestic politics, bureaucratic inertia, quirks of personality, and perceptions of Soviet intentions-that influenced key decision makers in Washington, and in doing so seeks to analyze these determinants of policy in terms of their full diversity and relative significance.
[T]he most satisfactory post-revisionist treatment of American policy making to dateNew York Times Book Review History moves fast, and it is a rare book that stays current after almost 30 years. John Gaddis's "postrevisionist" study of how the United States and Soviet Union got themselves into such sterile conflict of interests following the defeat of the Axis remains one of the best books available on this crucial period. The Daily Yomiuri An exceptionally elegant and detached example of post revisionism. (from the first edition) The New York Review of Books
John Lewis Gaddis is professor of history at Yale University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231122399 |
| ISBN 10 | 023112239X |
| Title | The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 |
| Author | John Gaddis |
| Series | Columbia Studies In Contemporary American History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of Stuart L. Bernath Prize 1973, Winner of Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History 1973 |
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