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In "The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity", the long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed work, "Russia's Road to the Cold War", Mastny offers a masterful history of the birth of the Cold War, drawing on extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. Here Stalin takes center stage during the critical years 1947 to 1953, stamping East-West tensions with his personal blend of paranoia, ideology, ruthlessness, and wishful thinking. Indeed, given Stalin's personality and his unquenchable thirst for security, Mastny argues, the Cold War arose as an "unexpected but predetermined"event--far from planned, yet scarcely avoidable. "Russia's Road to the Cold War" provided the definitive portrait of Stalin's foreign policy during World War II. Now, in "The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity", Mastny provides an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining important new research with the fascinating insight of one of the leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this authoritative volume illuminates a crucial period in recent world history.

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