Preface. Introduction. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Chronology 1. Explanations Joyce and Gabriel Kolko, American Capitalist Expansion Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Communist Ideology, Stalinist Totalitarianism, and American Universalism Daniel Yergin, American Ideology: The Riga and Yalta Axioms Melvyn P. Leffler, America's National Security Policy: A Source of Cold War Tensions Vladislav Zubok and Constantine Pleshakov, Stalin's Road to the Cold War Thomas G. Paterson, Inevitable Conflict: The Unstable International System 2. The Origins of the Cold War in Europe Barton J. Bernstein, Saving American Lives and Pressing the Soviets: The Atomic Bomb Decision Robert H. Ferrell, Reorienting American Foreign Policy: Harry S. Truman's Achievements Carolyn Eisenberg, Dividing Germany Robert A. Garson, The Limits of American Power in Eastern Europe Frank Costigliola, Demonizing the Soviets: George F. Kennan's Long Telegram Thomas J. McCormick, Economic Crisis and American Militarization John Lewis Gaddis, Two Very Different Empires Melvin P. Leffler, The Primacy of Security in Soviet Foreign Policy 3. The Cold War in Asia Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Subordinating China Robert J. McMahon, The Cold War Comes to Southeast Asia Sergei Goncharev, John W. Lewis, and Xue Litai, The Conflicted and Troubled Origins of the Sino-Soviet Alliance Suggestions for Further Reading Maps Europe After the Second World War Asia and the Middle East After the Second World War
