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What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world. Cover Half-title page Reviews Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Introduction Part I Ambition 1 The Postwar World The Postwar Planners Percentages The Yalta Framework: Germany The Yalta Framework: Poland The Yalta Framework: China Conclusion 2 The Parting of Ways The Road to Potsdam Potsdam The Bomb The Italian Colonies London Conference of Foreign Ministers The Deadlock The Allies are pressing on you ... The Aftermath Conclusion 3 Stalin in Europe Iran and Turkey Yugoslavia and Greece Stalin’s Coalitions The Marshall Plan and the Cominform The Coup in Czechoslovakia The Stalin–Tito Split The Berlin Blockade Conclusion 4 Stalin in Asia Peace at Hand Mikoyan in Xibaipo The Chinese Communists Come to Power The Making of the Sino-Soviet Alliance To the Korean War Conclusion Part II Hubris 5 Love Us as We Are The German Question Collective Security The Nuclear Revolution Khrushchev and the Third World Discovering Nasser The Aswan Dam The Suez Crisis Conclusion 6 The Golden Hoop The Death of an Idea The Chinese React North Korea Poland Hungary Mao Gwts Involved Conclusion 7 Twin Crises Khrushchev and Mao Illusions of Greatness The Iraqi Revolution Khrushchev’s Brinksmanship The Swimming Pool Parley Trouble in the Taiwan Strait Conclusion 8 Killing Flies The Berlin Ultimatum Khrushchev Seeks Glory The Spirit of Camp David The Great Leap Forward The Clash in Beijing Conclusion 9 The Spirit of Camp David Khrushchev and Mao Eye the West The Gary Powers Incident The Fiasco Khrushchev Quarrels with China and Albania Khrushchev at the UN Conclusion 10 Berlin The Moscow Conference The Cuban Revolution The Bay of Pigs A Rotten Tooth The Vienna Summit The Wall Conclusion 11 Cuba Missiles and Bases Saving Cuba “We Will Win This Operation” Operation “Anadyr” The ExComm Debates The Sino-Indian War Quarantine On the Brink The Crisis after the Crisis Conclusion Part III Decline 12 Vietnam Hanoi Changes Course Khrushchev’s Fall The War Escalates Towards the Peace Talks China and Vietnam Part Ways The Endgame Conclusion 13 Detente The Crushing of the Prague Spring Brezhnev the European The Origins of European detente Ostpolitik Triangular Diplomacy The Summit Condominium Conclusion 14 Yom Kippur Brezhnev and Sadat The War Kissinger in Moscow DEFCON 3 The Endgame Conclusion 15 Decline Cyprus Jackson–Vanik Arms Control Helsinki The Angolan Cauldron Conclusion 16 Tensions Mount Soviet–American Relations during the Carter Years China The Sands of Ogaden Conclusion 17 The Final Nail Afghanistan Vietnam The Iranian Revolution Concerning the Situation in ‘A’ The Hostage Crisis and the Iran–Iraq War The Chinese Angle Conclusion Part IV Collapse 18 Fear Poland Dealing with Reagan Tashkent Nuclear Fears Conclusion 19 Hope Perestroika New Thinking Arms Control The Bleeding Wound Conclusion 20 Collapse The Unravelling The Breach of the Wall On the Road to Malta The Malta Summit The Ten Points Not One Inch? Gorbachev Folds Conclusion Conclusion Acknowledgments List of Figures Notes Bibliographical Essay Index