Assessing the Soviet Threat : The Early Cold War Years

Contains documents produced by the CIA & its predecessor between 1946 & the end of 1950. During this period of the Cold War, Pres. Truman tried to understand the menacing behavior of the Soviet Union & his erstwhile ally, Joseph Stalin. The CIA analysts provided the Pres. with periodic summaries & interpretations of the most significant world events. They also provided ad hoc papers that analyzed specific issues of interest to the administration. Much of this material is being made public for the first time. Taken as a whole, this volume provides the first comprehensive survey of CIA's early analysis of the Soviet threat.Kuhns, Woodrow J. is the author of 'Assessing the Soviet Threat : The Early Cold War Years', published 1999 under ISBN 9780788183270 and ISBN 0788183273.