Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.

Machine generated contents note: The American Perspective 1 -- Ralph B. Levering and Verena Botzenhart- Viehe -- Documents -- 1. The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941 65 -- 2. "Comment on the Results of the Decisions Made at the Yalta Conference" 67 -- 3. George E Kennan's "Long Telegram," February 1946 69 -- 4. Secretary of State James Byrnes's Speech in Stuttgart on Germany's -- Future, September 6, 1946 74 -- 5. Speech by J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, at the Annual Convention of the American Legion in San Francisco, September 30, 1946 76 -- 6. Henry A. Wallace's Speech in New York City, September 12, 1946 78 -- 7. President Harry S. Truman's Speech to Congress, March 12, 1947 81 -- The Russian Perspective 85 -- Vladimir 0. Pechatnov and C. Earl Edmondson -- Documents -- 1. Stalin to "Politburo Four" ([Vyacheslav] Molotov, [Lavrenti] Beria, [Anastas] Mikoyan, and [Georgy] Malenkov), Ciphered [Coded] Telegram, December 9, 1945 155 -- 2. A Compilation of [Written] Comments on Draft Treaties Regarding Demilitarization and Disarmament of Germany andJapan Proposed by [U.S. Secretary of StateJames] Byrnes,June 8, 1946 157 -- 3. The [Nikolai] Novikov Report ["Telegram"] 160 -- 4. The Minister of State Security Appealsfor Measures to Close Down British Propaganda in the U.S.S.R. 165 -- 5. Instructionsfor the Soviet Delegation to the Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Paris,June 25, 1947 167 -- 6. Record of I[osef] V[issarionivich] Stalin's Conversation with the Czechoslovak Government Delegation on the Issue of Their Position Regarding the Marshall Plan and the Prospectsfor Economic Cooperation with the U.S.S.R. 169 -- 7. Record of the Meeting of Comrade I[osefl V[issarionivich] Stalin with the Secretary of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party [Maurice] Thorez 173 -- 8. Report by L. P? Beria and I. VKurchatov to I. V Stalin on Preliminary Data Received during the Atomic Bomb Test 176.