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Churchill's Cold War : the politics of personal diplomacy
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- Creator
- Klaus Larres
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 583 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300094381, 0300094388
- OCLC
- ocm48858207
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [531]-570) and index.
- Churchill's personal diplomacy before the First World War: Anglo-German antagonism and attempts to negotiate with the Kaiser and Admiral Tirpitz -- The politics of war: summit diplomacy with Roosevelt and Stalin -- Churchill and 'the United States of Europe' during the Second World War: attempts to preserve Britain's status as a world power -- The emergence of the post-war world: European regionalism, big three 'summitry,' and Anglo-American difficulties -- Early Cold War years: Churchill's survival as leader of the conservative party and Attlee's interest in negotiating with Stalin -- Waiting in the wings: Churchill's foreign policy as leader of the opposition -- Ever closer union?: Churchill and European integration in the post-War years -- Against all odds: return to power and a visit to Harry Truman -- Between pessimism and new hope: the Stalin note and a new American president -- The Cold War after Stalin: Churchill, the United States, and the 'new' men in the Kremlin -- Churchill's vision: proposals for overcoming the Cold War -- Triumph and tragedy: Britain, the USA, and the uprising in East Germany -- Churchill's policy undermined: collusion and the Western foreign ministers' talks in Washington -- Churchill's last summit conference: the Bermuda meeting and the continuation of the crusade -- Preparing a final attempt: Churchill's perseverance and his perceived agreement with Eisenhower -- At the end of the day: outrage in London, consternation in Washington, and disinterest in Moscow -- A prolonged farewell: Churchill's last months as prime minister