Reconstructing the Cold War [electronic resource] : the early years, 1945-1958 / Ted Hopf. Hopf, Ted, 1959- Cold War. Social change Soviet Union. Group identity Soviet Union. DK268.5 .H67 2012 327.4700904 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). This title explores how the early years of the Cold War were marked by contradictions and conflict. It looks at how the turn from Stalin's discourse of danger to the discourse of difference under his successors explains the abrupt changes in relations with Eastern Europe, China, the decolonizing world, and the West. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199858484.001.0001 eng Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991. Soviet Union. Soviet Union.