AMERICAN STATECRAFT AND THE 1946 BLACK SEA STRAITS CONTROVERSY

In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 90, Heft 3, S. 451-475

Abstract

THE PRINCIPAL AIM OF THIS ESSAY IS TO EXAMINE AMERICA'S RESPONCE TO RUSSIA'S DEMANDS FOR JOINT CONTROL OF THE STRAITS IN AUGUST 1946. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF THE WAR, ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TALKED SERIOUSLY AMONG THEMSELVES ABOUT ARMED CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA OVER INTERESTS THAT HISTORICALLY HAD NO POLITICAL OR STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES.