Stephen Long is Senior Lecturer in Modern US Foreign Policy at Canterbury Christ Church University.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsNational Security Council DirectivesIntroduction1. Holding the Line2.Cold Wars in Europe and the USA3.The Strategic Dilemma4. Systemic Disorder5.Disorder over Design6.Assuming the MantleConclusion

Stephen Long's meticulous study, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc, is an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the early Cold War clarifying at once both the limits of American power and its vaulting ambition. Long adds welcome complication to the story of the development of the national security state. Marilyn B. Young, Professor of History, New York University

Stephen Long is Senior Lecturer in Modern US Foreign Policy at Canterbury Christ Church University.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsNational Security Council DirectivesIntroduction1. Holding the Line2.Cold Wars in Europe and the USA3.The Strategic Dilemma4. Systemic Disorder5.Disorder over Design6.Assuming the MantleConclusion

Stephen Long's meticulous study, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc, is an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the early Cold War clarifying at once both the limits of American power and its vaulting ambition. Long adds welcome complication to the story of the development of the national security state. Marilyn B. Young, Professor of History, New York University

Stephen Long is Senior Lecturer in Modern US Foreign Policy at Canterbury Christ Church University.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsNational Security Council DirectivesIntroduction1. Holding the Line2.Cold Wars in Europe and the USA3.The Strategic Dilemma4. Systemic Disorder5.Disorder over Design6.Assuming the MantleConclusion

Stephen Long's meticulous study, The CIA and the Soviet Bloc, is an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the early Cold War clarifying at once both the limits of American power and its vaulting ambition. Long adds welcome complication to the story of the development of the national security state. Marilyn B. Young, Professor of History, New York University