On the edge of the Cold War : American diplomats and spies in postwar Prague /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lukes, Igor
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
Subjects:	Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century. Cold War. Czechoslovakia > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia > Foreign relations > 1945-1992.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Postwar Czechoslovakia: the master key to Europe?
Resurrecting Czechoslovakia from its Munich grave
General Eisenhower declines to liberate Prague
Spring 1945: the Americans return to the Schönborn Palace
Ambassador Steinhardt's delayed arrival
A chronicle of wasted opportunities
Steinhardt encounters reality: nationalization, expulsions, and U.S. military withdrawal
America's first warning signs: from the Štěchovice raid to the May 1946 elections
Great expectations and lost illusions: U.S. intelligence in postwar Prague
Passing the point of no-return: Prague withdraws from the Marshall plan
The communists exchange popularity for absolute power
The Schönborn Palace under siege: Americans as "spies and saboteurs."