The Long Peace: Inquiries Into the History of the Cold War

Edgewear; rubbing wear to spine; some tearing to jacket at spine; annotations - in blue ink - on front endpaper. Contents - 1. Legacies: Russian-American Relations Before the Cold War; 2. The Insecurities of Victory: The United States and the Perception of the Soviet Threat After World War II; 3. Sphere of Influences: The United States and Europe, 1945-1949; 4. Drawing Lines: The Defensive Perimeter Strategy in East Asia, 1947-1951; 5. The Origins of Self-Deterrence: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear weapons, 1945-1958; 6. Dividing Adversaries: The United States and International Communism, 1945-1958; 7. Learning to Live with Transparency: The Emergence of a Reconnaissance Satellite Regime; 8. The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System; Notes; Bibliography; Index.