Stalin and the Cold War in Europe: The Emergence and Development of East-West Conflict, 1939-1953

by Gerhard Wettig

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"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742555429
• ISBN13: 9780742555426
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"