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Stalin and the Fate of Europe - The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty (Hardcover) Loot Price: R755
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Stalin and the Fate of Europe - The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty (Hardcover): Norman M. Naimark

Stalin and the Fate of Europe - The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty (Hardcover)

Norman M. Naimark

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Winner of the Norris and Carol Hundley Award Winner of the U.S.-Russia Relations Book Prize A Financial Times Best History Book of the Year The Cold War division of Europe was not inevitable-the acclaimed author of Stalin's Genocides shows how postwar Europeans fought to determine their own destinies. Was the division of Europe after World War II inevitable? In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans' fight to determine their future. As nations devastated by war began rebuilding, Soviet intentions loomed large. Stalin's armies controlled most of the eastern half of the continent, and in France and Italy, communist parties were serious political forces. Yet Naimark reveals a surprisingly flexible Stalin, who initially had no intention of dividing Europe. During a window of opportunity from 1945 to 1948, leaders across the political spectrum, including Juho Kusti Paasikivi of Finland, Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland, and Karl Renner of Austria, pushed back against outside pressures. For some, this meant struggling against Soviet dominance. For others, it meant enlisting the Americans to support their aims. The first frost of Cold War could be felt in the tense patrolling of zones of occupation in Germany, but not until 1948, with the coup in Czechoslovakia and the Berlin Blockade, did the familiar polarization set in. The split did not become irreversible until the formal division of Germany and establishment of NATO in 1949. In illuminating how European leaders deftly managed national interests in the face of dominating powers, Stalin and the Fate of Europe reveals the real potential of an alternative trajectory for the continent.

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Imprint: The Belknap Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2019
Authors: Norman M. Naimark
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-23877-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 0-674-23877-X
Barcode: 9780674238770

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