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RECORD NUMBER: 10 OF 15| Main Title | On the edge of the Cold War : American diplomats and spies in postwar Prague / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Lukes, Igor. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 758391858 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780195166798; 0195166795; 9780190217846; 0190217847; 9780199721740; 0199721742 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--United States ; United States--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia ; Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--1945-1992 ; Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century ; Cold War ; Politics and Government ; Diplomatic relations ; Spion ; Amerikaner ; Prag ; Spion--(DE-588)4182341-2 ; Diplomat--(DE-588)4012401-0 | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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 Schèonborn Palace -- Ambassador Steinhardt's delayed arrival -- A chronicle of wasted opportunities -- Steinhardt encounters reality: nationalization, expulsions, and U.S. military withdrawal -- America's warning signs: from the ãStæechovice 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 Schèonborn Palace under siege: Americans as "spies and saboteurs." |