http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xxiii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
A narrative account of the world-changing negotiations of the post-World War II era draws on new archival material and interviews to analyze the influences of discussions surrounding such events as the development of the atomic bomb, Britain's withdrawal from India and the creation of the Israeli state.
"I'm tired of babying the Soviets" -- The American century -- The Russians : "a tsarist people" -- Stunde Null : Zero Hour -- Austria forgets its past -- The spy comes in from the cold -- Austerity Britain -- A performance at the Bolshoi -- The declaration of Cold War -- The abdication crisis -- Rape and pillage -- "Woe, woe to the Germans" -- "Anywhere but home" -- "This Chinese cesspit" -- Iron Curtain -- The fog of war -- Sunset on the Raj -- Refugees -- Trials and errors -- A Greek tragedy -- She'erit Ha-Pleta : the surviving remnant -- "A Jewish-Bolshevik plot" : blood libels -- The war against terror -- "Listen world. This is crossroads" -- The glory of France : "resistance in the heart" -- Stalin's Turkish bluff -- The bloodbath in Calcutta -- "Half-nun, half-whore" -- The return of the king -- "Sand down a rat hole" -- The general orders : democracy -- The big freeze.
"Originally published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan ... London, in 2014"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.