From war to cold war, 1942-48

By:

Douglas, Roy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Macmillan Press; 1981Description: 224 pISBN:

333253469

Subject(s):

War-Cold war 1942-48

DDC classification:

327.11 DOU

Summary: In the middle of the Second World War, most people in the allied countries expected the 'Big Three' to cooperate closely in tasks of peace and reconstruction. Yet the term 'Iron Curtain was being used by Churchill before the conflict was over, and within a short time people spoke of 'cold war'. By 1948, many expected a shooting war. What had happened to shatter the hopeful illusions? Roy Douglas attempts to answer that question in the light of both British and American documents - many of which have only very recently become available to scholars. The story he tells reveals intense disputes both within and between the wartime allies. The picture here drawn of the world - and particularly Europe - in the immediate after math of the war suggests that the menace of communism to the whole Eurasian continent was a great deal more immediate than is generally realised.

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In the middle of the Second World War, most people in the allied countries expected the 'Big Three' to cooperate closely in tasks of peace and reconstruction. Yet the term 'Iron Curtain was being used by Churchill before the conflict was over, and within a short time people spoke of 'cold war'. By 1948, many expected a shooting war. What had happened to shatter the hopeful illusions?

Roy Douglas attempts to answer that question in the light of both British and American documents - many of which have only very recently become available to scholars. The story he tells reveals intense disputes both within and between the wartime allies.

The picture here drawn of the world - and particularly Europe - in the immediate after math of the war suggests that the menace of communism to the whole Eurasian continent was a great deal more immediate than is generally realised.

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