america at war: the end of the second year [excerpt]
Stalin has fashioned the Soviet states into a mighty machine for making war. ..…
Stalin has fashioned the Soviet states into a mighty machine for making war. ..…
It must continue to regard Soviet Union as rival, not partner, in the arena. ... Balanced against this are the facts that Russia, is still by far the weaker party, that Soviet policy is flexible, and that Soviet society may well contain deficiencies. ..…
What ended with Cold War was bipolarity, the stalemate, and decades of containment of Soviet Union -- seemingly the most dramatic and consequential features of the era. ... One, reaction to deteriorating relations with Soviet Union, led to the order, deterrence, and. ..…