On the edge of the Cold War
| Titel: | On the edge of the Cold War : American diplomats and spies in postwar Prague / Igor Lukes |
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| Veröffentlicht: | New York, NY [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012 |
| Umfang: | XII, 279 S. : Ill. ; 24x16x3 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780195166798 ; 0195166795 |
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Ausführliche Beschreibung
Rezension Inhaltsverzeichnis |
X
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Abbreviations
- p. xi
- Introduction. Postwar Czechoslovakia: The Master Key to Europe?
- p. 3
- 1
- Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from Its Munich Grave
- p. 17
- 2
- General Eisenhower Declines to Liberate Prague
- p. 32
- 3
- Spring 1945: The Americans Return to the Schönborn Palace
- p. 55
- 4
- Ambassador SteinhardtÆs Delayed Arrival
- p. 67
- 5
- A Chronicle of Wasted Opportunities
- p. 81
- 6
- Steinhardt Encounters Reality: Nationalization, Expulsions, and U.S. Military Withdrawal
- p. 95
- 7
- America's Warning Signs: From the ¿techovice Raid to the May 1946 Elections
- p. 112
- 8
- Great Expectations and Lost Illusions: U.S. Intelligence in Postwar Prague
- p. 142
- 9
- Passing the Point of No Return: Prague Withdraws from the Marshall Plan
- p. 162
- 10
- The Communists Exchange Popularity for Absolute Power
- p. 183
- 11
- The Schönborn Palace under Siege: Americans as "Spies and Saboteurs"
- p. 203
- Notes
- p. 233
- Sources
- p. 271
- Index
- p. 273
