Mayers, David Allan, 1951-.

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.

0195068025 (acid-free paper) 9780195068023 (acid-free paper)

94030032

GB95-76737


Ambassadors--History--United States--20th century.
Ambassadors--History.--Soviet Union


United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

E183.8.S65 / M373 1995

327.73047