"A narrative account of the world-changing negotiations of the post-World War II era draws on new archival material and interviews to analyze the influences of discussions surrounding such events as the development of the atomic bomb, Britain's withdrawal from India and the creation of the Israeli state."--NoveList. A revelatory book about the year that would signal the beginning of the Cold War, the end of the British Empire, and the beginning of...

A DRAMATIC AND REVEALING ACCOUNT, FROM INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT, OF THE MOMENTOUS DAYS IN WHICH AMERICA ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WORLD LEADERSHIP. First published in 1955, Joseph M. Jones' memoirs The Fifteen Weeks chronicle his role in the development of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. The fifteen weeks which form the title and subject of this book comprise the period in 1947 when the United States stepped out irrevocably and wholeheartedly...

"A bold new view of the U.S. rise to supremacy, and its collision with a British Empire that wouldn't step aside."--Provided by publisher. "An enduring myth of the twentieth century is that the United States rapidly became a superpower after World War II when the British Empire--the greatest in history--was too wounded to maintain its global clout. In fact, Derek Leebaert argues in [this book], the idea that a traditionally insular United States...

"It's 1947, and Duncan Forrester is called upon to investigate the bizarre killing in the British Museum of a Foreign Office official who had consulted him about an ancient Sumerian seal. Then terrorists target the Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin himself, and Forrester is asked to join his security detail in New York, where the fate of British Palestine is to be decided at the newly founded United Nations. But as yet more diplomats die, and rumours...

"Describes the aftermath of World War II in nations across the world. Includes "A Closer Look" features"--

Continuation of the discussion of world problems begun in, West at bay.