Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Background to the Conflict Chapter 2 The United States, The Soviet Union and World Revolution Chapter 3 Prelude to War Chapter 4 The Big Three and the Grand Alliance Chapter 5 The Yalta Legacy Chapter 6 Potsdam and the Division of Europe Chapter 7 Confronting the Soviet Union: The Crisis of 1946 Chapter 8 The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan Chapter 9 Constructing the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1953 Chapter 10 The Berlin Blockade and the Formation of N.A.T.O Chapter 11 The Perils of Containment: The Korean War Chapter 12 Eisenhower and Dulles: From Massive Retaliation to Covert Action Chapter 13 The Suez Crisis Chapter 14 The Death of Stalin and the Revolution of 1956 Chapter 15 Khrushchev and the Berlin Problem, 1958-1963 Chapter 16 The Cuban Missile Crisis Chapter 17 The Congo Crisis Chapter 18 The Vietnam War Chapter 19 The Road to Detente Chapter 20 The Erosion of Containment and the End of Detente Chapter 21 The Crisis of Communism Chapter 22 The Struggle to Reform the Soviet Union Chapter 23 The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War Chapter 24 Conclusion

About the Author

Robert C. Grogin is Associate Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of The Bergsonian Controversy in France, 1900-1914 (1988).