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This is a comprehensive history of the Truman administration's progressive embroilment in the Cold War. The book won the 1993 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Offering a new slant on the early years of the Cold War, this major reassessment traces the development of national security policy during the Truman administration. Based on a rich vein of recently declassified material, Leffler's majestic study describes how Harry Truman and his advisers sought to mobilize America's power in order to deal with the dangers of the postwar world and create a global environment hospitable to U.S. interests and values. There was much to be apprehensive about, in particular, the presence of Soviet armies in Eastern Europe and Northeast Asia; the rise of the left in Greece, Italy, France, China and Korea; nationalist uprisings in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Leffler, a history professor at the University of Virginia and author of America's Pursuit of European Security and French Stability, 1919-1933 , analyzes the daring American initiatives launched during this period, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the effort to promote economic recovery in Japan and the commitment of troops to the defense of South Korea in 1950. Illustrations. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

CHOICE Review

Leffler's timely book is the product of more than a dozen years of prodigious research and patient investigations into many recently available collections of documents. The result is a valuable assessment of prudent policymakers who formulated the blueprints for US Cold War strategies those that are now bearing rich fruit. A dynamic element in Leffler's appraisal is the interplay and debate between and among President Truman and his advisors and policy analysts. Mistakes were made, but the overall policy formulation in Europe, Asia, and emerging Third World areas provided the means for success through the duration of the Cold War while avoiding military confrontation with the Soviets. Significantly, the author emphasizes technological and economic achievements along with geopolitical considerations and military strength. Many Cold War studies invite comparison, e.g., John Gaddis's The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 (CH, Oct'72), Thomas Paterson's Soviet-American Confrontation (1973); and Thomas McCormick's America's Half-Century (CH, Sep'90). Leffler's interpretation will remain a standard resource for years to come. College, university, and public libraries. S. Prisco III; Stevens Institute of Technology