The ambassadors and America's Soviet policy /
David Mayers.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- viii, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index.
United States Chiefs of Mission in St. Petersburg and Moscow -- Before Moscow -- St. Petersburg and the U.S. Diplomatic Tradition -- From Comity to Estrangement -- War and Revolution -- In Stalin's Time -- Preparing for Moscow -- Purges and the Failure of Collective Security -- Fragile Coalition -- Neither War Nor Peace -- Great Power Rivalry -- After Stalin -- Controlled Rivalry -- Collapse and the Art of Diplomacy.