The Cold War through documents : a global history /: a global history. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Edward H. Judge, John W. Langdon.
• Editors: Judge, Edward H; Langdon, John W
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1950 ; 1 The Yalta Conference, February 1945 ; A. Declaration on Poland ; B. Agreement Regarding Soviet Entry into the War against Japan ; 2 The Potsdam Conference, July–August 1945 ; Excerpts from the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference Report, ; 2 August 1945 ; 3 The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945 ; Statement by President Truman, 6 August 1945 ; 4 Ho Chi Minh’s Declaration of Independence for Vietnam, ; 2 September 1945 ; Excerpts from Ho Chi Minh’s Speech Declaring Independence ; for Vietnam, 2 September 1945 ; 5 Stalin’s Election Speech, February 1946 ; Highlights of Stalin’s Election Speech, 9 February 1946 ; 6 Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946 ; A. Highlights of Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech, 5 March 1946 ; B. Excerpts from <span style="font-style:italic;">Pravda ’s Interview with Stalin, March 1946 ; 7 The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic ; Weapons, 1946 ; A. Speech by Bernard Baruch to the UN Atomic Energy ; Commission, 14 June 1946 ; B. Draft International Agreement to Forbid the Production and ; Use of Atomic Weapons, Proposed by Andrei Gromyko on ; 19 June 1946 ; 8 The Truman Doctrine, 1947 ; President Truman’s Speech to the Nation, 12 March 1947 ; 9 The Marshall Plan, 1947 ; Marshall’s Commencement Address at Harvard University, ; 5 June 1947 ; 10 George F. Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct, ” 1947 ; The Sources of Soviet Conduct ; 11 The Rio Treaty, 1947 ; The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance ; (Rio Treaty), 2 September 1947 ; 12 Zhdanov and the Cominform on the Imperialist and Anti- ; Imperialist Camps, 1947 ; A. Zhdanov’s Report on the International Situation, ; 22 September 1947 ; B. Manifesto Proclaiming the Cominform, 5 October 1947 ; C. Resolution of the Conference of Communist Parties on ; Establishing the Cominform, 5 October 1947 ; 13 The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948 ; A. Letter from President Benes to the Czechoslovak ; Communist Party Presidium, 24 February 1948 ; B. Reply by the Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium to ; the Letter of President Benes, 25 February 1948 ; 14 The Treaty of Brussels, 1948 ; Excerpts from the Treaty of Brussels, 17 March 1948 ; 15 The Expulsion of Tito from the Communist Bloc, 1948 ; Cominform Resolution on the Situation in Yugoslavia, ; 28 June 1948 ; 16 The Berlin Blockade, 1948–1949 ; Note from Secretary of State Marshall to the Soviet Ambassador, ; 6 July 1948 ; 17 The NATO Alliance, 1949 ; The Treaty of Washington (North Atlantic Treaty), 4 April 1949 ; 18 Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China, 1949 ; Secretary of State Acheson’s Letter of Transmittal for US ; State Department “White Paper” on China, 30 July 1949 ; 19 Mao Proclaims the People’s Republic of China, 1 October 1949 ; Mao’s Statement Proclaiming the People’s Republic of China, ; 1 October 1949 ; 20 The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, February 1950 ; A. Communique Announcing the Soviet-Chinese Treaty, ; 14 February 1950 ; B. Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Aid between ; the USSR and the Chinese People’s Republic ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: The Global Confrontation, 1950–1960 ; 21 McCarthy on “Communists” in the US Government, 1950 ; Excerpts from a Speech by Senator McCarthy to the US ; Senate, 20 February 1950 ; 22 Acheson on the American Defense Perimeter in Asia, 1950 ; Excerpts from Acheson’s Speech to the National Press Club, ; 12 January 1950 ; 23 NSC-68: American Cold War Strategy, 1950 ; Excerpts from NSC-68 (Report to the President, 7 April 1950) ; 24 The Korean War, 1950–1953 ; A. Statement by President Truman, 27 June 1950 ; B. Resolution of the United Nations Security Council, ; 27 June 1950 ; C. Telegram from Mao Zedong to Joseph Stalin on Sending ; Chinese Troops into Korea, 2 October 1950 ; D. Telegram from Mao to Zhou Enlai in Moscow on Sending ; Chinese Troops into Korea, 13 October 1950 ; E. Excerpts from the Panmunjom Armistice Agreement, ; 27 July 1953 ; 25 Dulles on “Massive Retaliation, ” 1954 ; Highlights of Dulles’s Speech to the Council on Foreign ; Relations, 12 January 1954 ; 26 The Geneva Accords Regarding Indochina, 1954 ; &
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.825; Cold War -- Sources; World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Sources; World politics -- 1985-1995 -- Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538109274
• Related ISBNs: 9781538109250; 9781538109267
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