
The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity
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- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: The Cold War as History
- 1. Stalin's Quest for Soviet Security
- Defense of the Despotism
- The Making of an Empire
- The Unwanted Cold War
- 2. The Specter of Communism (September 1947-June 1948)
- The Birth of the Cominform
- The Balkan Trap
- The Stakes Increased
- 3. A Harvest of Blunders (June 1948-April 1949)
- The Berlin Fiasco
- The Dictator's Delusions
- Militarization of the Cold War
- 4. Retreat and Consolidation (April 1949-November 1949)
- Cutting the Losses
- The Trials of Past Errors
- No End to the Cold War
- 5. Resuming Advance (November 1949-June 1950)
- Real and Imaginary Subversion
- The Second Front in Asia
- The Design for Aggression
- 6. The Test of Strength (June 1950-January 1951)
- An Adventure Gone Wrong
- War Expanded
- At the Brink
- 7. On the Defensive (January 1951-March 1952)
- Eastern Europe under Siege
- The Inauspicious Negotiating
- I Trust No One
- 8. Fits and Starts (March 1952-November 1952)
- Stalin's German Illusion
- The Despot Loses His Grip
- Win the War at Home
- 9. The Dead End (November 1952-March 1953)
- The Nadir of Stalinism
- Stalin's Last Plot
- The Unopened Window of Opportunity
- 10. Coping with the Stalin Legacy (March-July 1953)
- The Prevailing Consensus
- Beriia and the German Crisis
- The Saving of the Soviet System
- Conclusion: The Soviet Threat in Retrospect
- Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Notes
- Archival Sources
- Index
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