Preponderance of Power. National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War, Paperback/Melvyn P. Leffler

This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning new interpretation of U.S. national security policy during the formative stages of the Soviet-American rivalry. Illustrated with 15 halftones and 10 maps.