CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xv
5. 1 Training for the Cold War 1
6. 2 The First Collisions of the Cold War 23
7. 3 Stalin Is Dead. What Next? 36
8. 4 Sowing the Seeds of Hatred in Hungary 53
9. 5 The Khrushchev Style of Diplomacy 66
10. 6 Thaws and Frosts 86
11. 7 On the Diplomatic Sidelines 106
12. 8 The Battlefield, the UN 126
13. 9 The Soviet Union’s 105th Veto 143
14. 10 The Cold War on the Middle East Front 159
15. 11 China—A New Front in the Cold War 175
16. 12 Time to Go Home 198
17. 13 The Soviet Diplomatic Headquarters at Smolenskaya Square 236
18. 14 An Uneasy Truce in the Cold War 259
19. 15 The Apotheosis of the Cold War 299
20. 16 Marking Time 325
21. 17 The Beginning of the End of the Cold War 347
22. 18 Feigned Friendship 366
23. 19 Farewell to the Cold War 384
24. Conclusion 397
25. Index 403