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George Kennan, Charles Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, William Bullitt, Joseph E. Davies, Llewlleyn Thompson, Jack Matlock: these are important names in the history of American foreign policy. Together with a number of lesser-known officials, these diplomats played a vital role in shaping U.S. strategy and popular attitudes toward the Soviet Union throughout its 75-year history. In The Ambassadors and America's Soviet Policy, David Mayers presents the most comprehensive critical examination yet of U.S. diplomats in the Soviet Union.
Mayers' vivid portrayal evokes the social and intellectual atmosphere of the American embassy in the midst of crucial episodes: the Bolshevik Revolution, the Great Purges, the Grand Alliance in World War II, the early Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the rise and decline of detente, and the heady days of perestroika and glasnost. He also offers rare portraits of the professional lives of the diplomats themselves: their adjustment to Soviet life, the quality of their analytical reporting, their contact with other diplomats in Moscow, and their influence on Washington.
Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of American diplomacy in its most challenging area, this compelling book fills an important gap in the history of U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-Soviet relations. Readers interested in U.S. foreign policy, the cold war, and the policies and history of the former Soviet Union will find The Ambassadors and America's Soviet Policy an intriguing and informative work.

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CONTENTS
United States Chiefs of Mission in St. Petersburg and Moscow = xi
Introduction = 3
I Before Moscow
 1. St. Petersburg and the U.S. Diplomatic Tradition = 11
 2. From Comity to Estrangement = 35
 3. War and Revolution = 67
II In Stalin's Time
 4. Preparing for Moscow = 93
 5. Purges and the Failure of Collective Security = 108
 6. Fragile Coalition = 136
 7. Neither War Nor Peace = 164
III Great Power Rivalry
 8. After Stalin = 191
 9. Controlled Rivalry = 212
 10. Collapse and the Art of Diplomacy = 239
Notes = 261
Bibliography = 307
Index = 323