LEADER 05160cam a2200781 i 4500001 280312 005 20240621234909.0 008 210824t20192019mauab b 001 0 eng 010 2019012559 019 11231947761182022994 020 9780674238770 |qhardcover 020 067423877X |qhardcover 024 8 40029419137 035 (OCoLC)on1089965391 035 280312 042 pcc 043 e-ur---ee-----e------ 049 LHMA 040 MH/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dHLS |dYDX |dYUS |dZWZ |dOCLCA |dCHVBK |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCA |dAU@ |dIL4J6 |dOCLCA |dCTU |dLHM 050 00 D843 |b.N266 2019 100 1 Naimark, Norman M., |eauthor. 245 10 Stalin and the fate of Europe : |bthe postwar struggle for sovereignty / |cNorman M. Naimark. 246 30 Postwar struggle for sovereignty 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 361 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The Bornholm interlude -- The Albanian backflip -- The Finnish fight for independence -- The Italian elections -- The Berlin blockade -- Gomulka versus Stalin -- Austrian tangles. 520 "The Cold War division of Europe was not inevitable--the acclaimed author of Stalin's Genocides shows how postwar Europeans fought to determine their own destinies. Was the division of Europe after World War II inevitable? In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans' fight to determine their future. As nations devastated by war began rebuilding, Soviet intentions loomed large. Stalin's armies controlled most of the eastern half of the continent, and in France and Italy, communist parties were serious political forces. Yet Naimark reveals a surprisingly flexible Stalin, who initially had no intention of dividing Europe. During a window of opportunity from 1945 to 1948, leaders across the political spectrum, including Juho Kusti Paasikivi of Finland, Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland, and Karl Renner of Austria, pushed back against outside pressures. For some, this meant struggling against Soviet dominance. For others, it meant enlisting the Americans to support their aims. The first frost of Cold War could be felt in the tense patrolling of zones of occupation in Germany, but not until 1948, with the coup in Czechoslovakia and the Berlin Blockade, did the familiar polarization set in. The split did not become irreversible until the formal division of Germany and establishment of NATO in 1949. In illuminating how European leaders deftly managed national interests in the face of dominating powers, Stalin and the Fate of Europe reveals the real potential of an alternative trajectory for the continent"--Provided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. 610 20 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 650 0 Cold War. 651 0 Communist countries |xBoundaries. 651 0 Europe |xHistory |y1945- 651 0 Europe |xPolitics and government |y1945- 651 0 Soviet Union |xForeign relations |y1945-1991. 600 17 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00053304 610 27 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00529467 650 7 Boundaries. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00837076 650 7 Diplomatic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 Communist countries. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01240119 651 7 Europe. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 Soviet Union. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210281 600 17 Stalin, Iosif V. |d1878-1953. |2gnd |0(DE-588)118642499 650 7 Ost-West-Konflikt. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4075770-5 651 7 Europa. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4015701-5 600 17 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. |2nli 610 27 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |2nli 650 7 Cold War. |2nli 651 7 Communist countries |xBoundaries. |2nli 651 7 Europe |xHistory |y1945- |2nli 651 7 Europe |xPolitics and government |y1945- |2nli 651 7 Soviet Union |xForeign relations |y1945-1991. |2nli 610 27 Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord. |2ram 650 7 Guerre froide. |2ram 650 7 Communisme |zEurope |y20e siècle. |2ram 650 7 Politique et gouvernement |zURSS |y1941-1953. |2ram 650 7 Relations extérieures |zURSS |y1945-1991. |2ram 651 7 URSS |y1925-1953. |2ram 647 7 Cold War |d(1945-1989) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01754978 648 7 Since 1945 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bstacks |hD843 |i.N266 2019