The Limits of Power: The World and United States Foreign Policy, 1945-1954

by Joyce Kolko, Gabriel Kolko

Genres: History

820 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Jana]

The Kolkos have a good approach towards foreign policy analysis and I was often surprised at how well thought-out this book was and how deep the analysis went.
However, the depth of the analysis came at the cost of clarity, brevity etc. which made the book feel confusing and unfocused at times. There is a lot of information to process & a lot of it is valuable, but the authors don‘t really make an effort to help you process it.

[Alek]

Important work in the historiography of the Cold War, re-evaluates from a Marxist POV the early history of the Cold War, discusses how US consolidated power in Europe postwar. Helpful for understanding historical development of the empire