Draing the Line The American Decision to Divide Germany, 1944}}}1949 [Paperback]

Eisenberg argues that the United States made the decision to divide Germany, and that this was the key development in the emergence of the Cold War.In this fresh and challenging study of the origins of the Cold War, Professor Eisenberg traces the American role in dividing post-war Germany. Drawing upon original documentary sources, she explores how U.S. policy-makers chose partition and mobilized reluctant West Europeans behind that approach. The book casts new light on the Berlin blockade, demonstrating that the United States rejected United Nations mediation and relied on its nuclear monopoly as the means of protecting its German agenda.In this fresh and challenging study of the origins of the Cold War, Professor Eisenberg traces the American role in dividing post-war Germany. Drawing upon original documentary sources, she explores how U.S. policy-makers chose partition and mobilized reluctant West Europeans behind that approach. The book casts new light on the Berlin blockade, demonstrating that the United States rejected United Nations mediation and relied on its nuclear monopoly as the means of protecting its German agenda.In this fresh and challenging study of the origins of the Cold War, Professor Eisenberg traces the American role in dividing postwar Germany. Drawing upon original documentary sources, she explores how U.S. policy makers chose partition and mobilized reluctant West Europeans behind that approach. The book casts new light on the Berlin blockade, demonstrating that the United States rejected United Nations mediation and relied on its nuclear monopoly as the means of protecting its German agenda.1. Plans; 2. Making peace; 3. The limits of reform: the US zone; 4. A fragile friendship; 5. The Russian challenge; 6. Bizonal beginnings; 7. The doctors deliberate; 8. Marshall's medicine; 9. A separate state; 10. Cold War Germany; 11. Winning; Conclusion: the American decision to divide Germany. Drawing the Line is an eminently readable book and l#'