A question of balance how France and the United States created Cold War Europe / Michael Creswell.

Challenging standard interpretations of American dominance and French weakness in postwar Western Europe, Michael Creswell argues that France played a key role in shaping the cold war order. In the decade after the war, the U.S. government's primary objective was to rearm the Federal Republic o...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Creswell, Michael, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 153.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Who Created the Cold War Order in Europe?
  • Chapter one From Hot War to Cold War
  • Chapter two A Year of Living Dangerously
  • Chapter three Washington Pulls, London Follows, Paris Accepts, Bonn Hesitates
  • Chapter four Progress, Promises, and Problems
  • Chapter five New Faces, Similar Policies
  • Chapter six The Death of Stalin
  • Chapter seven The End of the Affair
  • Conclusion: Passions and Interests
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Index