On the Edge of the Cold War American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague

Name: On the Edge of the Cold War American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague
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ISBN: 9780195166798

ISBN-10: 0195166795

ISBN-13: 9780195166798

Edition: 2012

Authors: Igor Lukes

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List price: $47.49
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Lukes is University Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University and a Fellow of the Russian Research Center at Harvard University.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction. Postwar Czechoslovakia: The Master Key to Europe?



Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from Its Munich Grave



General Eisenhower Declines to Liberate Prague



Spring 1945: The Americans Return to the Schï¿½nborn Palace



Ambassador Steinhardtï¿½s Delayed Arrival



A Chronicle of Wasted Opportunities



Steinhardt Encounters Reality: Nationalization, Expulsions, and U.S. Military Withdrawal



America's Warning Signs: From the ï¿½techovice Raid to the May 1946 Elections



Great Expectations and Lost Illusions: U.S. Intelligence in Postwar Prague



Passing the Point of No Return: Prague Withdraws from the Marshall Plan



The Communists Exchange Popularity for Absolute Power



The Schï¿½nborn Palace under Siege: Americans as "Spies and Saboteurs"


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