Vojtech Mastny has taught history and international relations at Columbia University, the University of Illinois,
and The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. His many books include The Helsinki
Process and the Reintegration of Europe and The Czechs under Nazi Rule, which won the Clarke F. Ansley award.
Review
"A major achievement...."
--Foreign Service Journal
Oxford University Press Web Site, May, 2000
Summary
In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Russia's Road to the Cold War, Vojtech Mastny offers a masterful
history of the birth of the Cold War, drawing on extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. The earlier
volume provided the definitive portrait of Stalin's foreign policy during World War II. Now, in The Cold War and
Soviet Insecurity, Mastny offers an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining
important new research with the fascinating insights of one of the leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this
authoritative volume illuminates a crucial period in recent world history.
Focuses on Stalin and the impact of his paranoia, ideology, ruthlessness, and wishful thinking
Sheds new light on the outbreak of the Korean War and of Stalin's relations with Mao and Tito
