Focuses on the role of economic interdependence in upholding the Western alliance and American power and shares how successive Presidents since Truman have felt compelled to defend this multilateral system for this purpose.
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Economic Security and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1950
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One. The Political Economy of Postwar America
- Chapter Two. Planning for the Peace: Bretton Woods, Postwar Relief, and Soviet-American Relations, 1944–1945
- Chapter Three. Cold War in the Soviet Sphere: American Policies in Eastern Europe, the Russian Loan, and Containment Doctrine, 1945–1947
- Chapter Four. Recovery and Crisis in Western Europe, 1945–47
- Chapter Five. Indecision in Germany, 1945–1947
- Chapter Six. The Truman Doctrine: Greece, Turkey, Iran, and U.S. Interests in the Near East
- Chapter Seven. The Marshall Plan: Interim Aid, the European Recovery Program, and the Division of Europe, 1947–1949
- Chapter Eight. U.S. Economic Diplomacy in East Asia: The Fall of China and the Reconstruction of Japan, 1945–1950
- Chapter Nine. Natural Resources and National Security: U.S. Policy in the Developing World, 1945–1950
- Chapter Ten. The Waning of Economic Containment: NATO, Military Aid, and NSC 68, 1948–1950
- Chapter Eleven. Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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