But the Cold War had not yet thawed ... Henry Kissinger managed the American response with an eye on the overall balance of power. Washington had historically backed Israel, while Moscow ...

Realism, as a school of thought, prioritises power, national interest, and state sovereignty. Cold War politics were dominated by concepts like deterrence (especially nuclear deterrence), balance of ...

At once, the balance of power shifted. Truman acted aggressively ... Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.

The Cold War, Zubok’s monumental and still highly ... Washington wanted to replace a European system of balance of power and spheres of influence with an effort to allow Europeans to freely ...