Ebook: The Iron Curtain: Churchill, America, and the Origins of the Cold War

Contents; Introduction; 1 Churchill and America; 2 Churchill, Bolshevism, and the Grand Alliance; 3 Churchill Faces Postwar Problems: Teheran to Yalta; 4 Yalta to Potsdam; 5 Anglo-Soviet Cold War, United States-Soviet Rapprochement; 6 Churchill and Truman; 7 The "Iron Curtain"; 8 The Making of a Showdown; 9 Confrontation; 10 Aftermath and Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.;An assessment of the origins of the Cold War, this volume combines a biography of Winston Churchill's role in the proceedings with a critical re-examination of diplomatic relations between Great Britain, the United States and the USSR in the post-war years.