From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and the Cold War

Preparation : the making of an (American) internationalist

Inheritance : Franklin Roosevelt's uncertain legacy

Initiation : tactical reversal, strategic continuity

Instruction : Truman's advisers and their conflicting advice

Negotiation : Truman and Byrnes at Potsdam

Intimidation : Hiroshima, the Japanese and the Soviets

Indecision : floundering between collaboration and confrontation

Transformation : Truman's foreign policy.