This book examines British policy-makers' attitudes to cooperation with the USSR and shows how views of internal developments in the USSR and of Stalin himself influenced Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Foreign Office to believe that long-term collaboration was a desirable and achievable goal.
Martin H. Folly is Lecturer in the Department of American Studies and History at Brunel University, London.
Introduction 'Let Us Expect Nothing Good from the Soviet' 'The New Russia' Wolf, Bear or Retriever Puppy? 'Probable Tendencies of Soviet Foreign Policy' Towards Post-war Cooperation: 'Difficult But Not Impossible' Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography
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