ALAN J. LEVINE, an historian specializing in Russian History, International Relations, and World War II, has published many articles about World War II and the Cold War. He is the author of The Soviet Union, the Communist Movement and the World: Prelude to the Cold War (Praeger, 1992), The Missile and Space Race (Praeger 1994), The United States and the Struggle for Southeast Asia, 1945-1975 (Praeger, 1995), Race Relations Within Western Expansion (Praeger, 1996), The War Against Rommel's Supply Lines, 1942-1943 (Praeger, 1999), and From the Normandy Beaches to the Baltic Sea (Praeger, 2000).