Roosevelt's European Policy and the Origins of the Cold War

Current interpretations of Roosevelt's WWII diplomacy and of the beginning of the Cold War have focused almost exclusively on US-USSR relations as the key to the postwar division of Europe. Little attention has been paid to Roosevelt's policy towards Europe or, more importantly, US plans for postwar Europe. Although, following the recent opening of previously inaccessible archives, there have been several new studies on wartime bilateral relations between the US and various European countries, Roosevelt's European policy has yet to be assessed. Despite the vast literature on the subject, historians have generally ignored Roosevelt's objectives regarding Europe, or have come to the conclusion that it is possible to speak of a US “non-policy,” at least towards Eastern Europe

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