TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leffler,Melvyn P.
TI  - For the soul of mankind: the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War 
SN  - 9780374531423 (pbk.) :
AV  - E183.8.S65 L44 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Hill and Wang
KW  - Cold War
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Koude Oorlog
KW  - gtt
KW  - Außenpolitik
KW  - swd
KW  - Ost-West-Konflikt
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Sovjet-Unie
KW  - Sowjetunion
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-570) and index; The origins of the Cold War, 1945-48 : Stalin and Truman -- The chance for peace, 1953-54 : Malenkov and Eisenhower -- Retreat from Armageddon, 1962-65 : Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Johnson -- The erosion of détente, 1975-80 : Brezhnev and Carter -- The end of the Cold War, 1985-90 : Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush
N2  - An analysis of the struggle between the U.S. and Soviet Union following World War II illuminates how Reagan, Bush, and Gorbachev finally extricated themselves from the policies and mindsets of the Cold War, a task in which their predecessors had failed
ER  -