Download or read book A Preponderance of Power written by Melvyn P. Leffler and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.