This report analyzes John Lewis Gaddis' 1972 book, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947, seeking to validate the accuracy of Gaddis' his

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One of America's leading historians offers the first major history of the Cold War. Packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources, the b

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“Outstanding . . . The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.” —The Boston Globe “Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal