Description: Further DetailsTitle: Stalin and the Cold War in EuropeCondition: NewSubtitle: The Emergence and Development of East-West Conflict, 1939-1953ISBN-10: 0742555429EAN: 9780742555426ISBN: 9780742555426Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/06/2007Description: The Cold War was a unique international conflict partly because Josef Stalin sought socialist transformation of other countries rather than simply the traditional objectives. This intriguing book, based on recently accessible Soviet primary sources, is the first to explain the emergence of the Cold War and its development in Stalin's lifetime from the perspective of Soviet policy-making. The book pays particular attention to the often-neglected "societal" dimension of Soviet foreign policy as a crucial element of the genesis and development of the Cold War. It is also the first to put German postwar development into the context of Soviet Cold War policy. Stalin vainly tried to mobilize the Germans with slogans of national unity and then to discredit the West among the Germans by forcing the surrender of Berlin. Further attempts to prevail deadlocked him into a confrontation with the newly united Western powers. Comparing Stalin's internal statements with Soviet actions, Gerhard Wettig draws original conclusions about Stalin's meta-plans for the regions of Germany and Eastern Europe. This fascinating look at Soviet politics during the Cold War provides readers with new insights into Stalin's willingness to initiate crisis with the West while still avoiding military conflict.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 162mmItem Width: 26mmItem Weight: 567gAuthor: Gerhard WettigGenre: HistoryBook Series: Harvard Cold War Studies Book SeriesTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Stalin and the Cold War in Europe
Title: Stalin and the Cold War in Europe
Subtitle: The Emergence and Development of East-West Conflict, 1939-1953
ISBN-10: 0742555429
EAN: 9780742555426
ISBN: 9780742555426
Release Date: 11/06/2007
Release Year: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
Book Title: Stalin and the Cold War in Europe : the Emergence and Development of East-West Conflict, 1939-1953
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History & Theory, International Relations / General, World / European
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Gerhard Wettig
Item Length: 9.5 in
Book Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
