Cold War International History Project Roberts will discuss the range of sources that underpin his new book--especially new material from the Russian archives--and explore what we know and still don't know about Stalin's thinking and calculations during the early postwar years. Roberts will also emphasize the importance of the public as well as confidential sources for understanding Stalin and Soviet policy during the period, as what the archives reveal above all else is the continuity between public and private Soviet discourse about foreign policy and international relations. Roberts's book highlights the continuing value and utility of public sources such as Soviet newspapers and argues for a resuscitation of the "old" scholarly literature—written before access to archives—which still has much to inform and teach us about the origins of the Cold War. Event speakers: Geoffrey Roberts, Eric Lohr, Steven A. Barnes

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