The Concept of Neutrality in Stalin’s Foreign Policy, 1945–1953
PETER RUGGENTHALER The Concept of Neutrality in Stalin’s Foreign Policy, 1945–1953 Drawing on recently declassified Soviet archival sources, this book sheds new light on how the division of Europe came about in the aftermath of World War II. The book contravenes the notion that a neutral zone of states, including Germany, could have been set up between East and West. The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin was determined to...
Event:Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953.
“Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953.” 28 February 2012, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson Center Jamil Hasanli, former Wilson Center scholar and professor of history at Baku State University will discuss his latest book, “Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953.” Hasanli will explore the ups and downs of Soviet-Turkish relations during and immediately after World War...
