Description
A powerful, original, and engaging work. Marc Trachtenberg has woven together an enormous array of evidence and information, much of it only recently available to researchers, into a compelling interpretation of an extremely important historical period. Trachtenberg's book is broad as well as deep, and its implications for our understanding of the dynamics of the Cold War extend well beyond the period it examines. -- Aaron L. Friedberg, Princeton University Marc Trachtenberg's grasp of the finer points of Western internal debates on nuclear weapons and strategy is impressive. His book is an extraordinary piece of research and analysis that may very well set the standard in the field of Cold War studies for years to come. -- William Stueck, University of Georgia
About the Author
Marc Trachtenberg is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of History and Strategy (Princeton) and Reparation in World Politics: France and European Economic Diplomacy, 1916-1923.
Reviews
Winner of the 2000 Paul Birdsall Prize, American Historical Association Winner of the 2000 George Louis Beer Prize, American Historical Association "An authoritative history of the German Question during the first half of the Cold War... [T]he work's originality, and the way its recaptures how issues were linked in the minds of policymakers, makes it the leading general history of the early Cold War in Europe."--Foreign Affairs "An exhaustive, well-written study of statecraft at the highest levels."--Library Journal
Book Information
ISBN 9780691002736
Author Marc Trachtenberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 440
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 624g