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Title: Stalin Embattled, 1943-1948 by William O. McCagg ISBN: 0-8143-1591-7 Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr (S) Pub. Date: 01 June, 1978 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: A not quite convincing second image analysis, but worthwhile
Comment: McCagg's book represents something of a paradox: a weird argument but a useful substance. The materials he presents and uses in his analysis are quite interesting and makes the book an important contribution to the history of Soviet foreign policy from the latter half of World War II into the early Cold War.

The argument he makes is a rare case of a second image analysis, that is he sees the Soviet domestic political environment as decisive factor behind Stalin's foreign policy. More specifically, he argues that Stalin's statism was challenged and twisted by revolutionary ideologues from within - Zhdanov and others - hence the Cold War. The problem is that Cagg ignores Stalin's own ambiguity and his supreme control over his lieutenants. Even so the book is an illuminating read.