TY - BOOK AU - Zacharias,Ellis M AU - Farago,Ladislas TI - Behind closed doors: the secret history of the cold war PY - 1950/// CY - New York PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons KW - World politics KW - 1945-1989 KW - Soviet Union KW - Foreign relations KW - 1945-1991 N1 - Index: pp. 359-367; Cont.: D-day in the Russo-American war -- The historic politburo meeting -- What the experts told Stalin -- The Bolshevik master plan -- The birth of the Stalin doctrine -- The "Pearl Harbor" of the Cold War -- The Byrnes era of quid for no quo -- The Kasenkina incident and the Berlin blockade -- Patterns of destruction -- The Russian pattern in Italy and France -- Action in Asia -- The Dardanelles plot -- The sources of Soviet conduct in the Middle East -- The hypothetical Swedish bluepring -- Patterns which failed -- Stalin deploys his forces -- The mobilization of the cominform -- How strong is Russia -- The bombs of Alagos -- Stalin versus America -- Contours of an American blueprint -- James Forrestal and the concept of power in America -- The great Washington dilemma -- Balance sheet of disaster -- An action program for peace ER -