Title: No exit
Description: "James McAllister outlines a new account of early Cold War history, one that focuses on the emergence of a bipolar structure of power, the continuing importance of the German question, and American efforts to create a united Western Europe.

Challenging the conventional wisdom among both international relations theorists and Cold War historians, McAllister argues that America's central objective from the Second World War to the mid-1950s was to create a European order that could be peaceful and stable without requiring that American ground forces remain on the continent."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Balance of power, Foreign relations, German reunification question (1949-1990), History, Influence, Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, influence, United states, foreign relations, germany, Germany, foreign relations, united states, United states, foreign relations, 1945-1961, Germany, politics and government, 1945-1990, United states, foreign relations, europe, Europe, foreign relations
Places: Europe, Germany, United States
Time periods: 1945-1953, 1945-1990, 20th century