title: Problem of Compensation for American Property in Czechoslovakia in 1945–1948
abstract: This article explores one aspect of the US policy in Europe between 1945 and 1948. Following World War II, Washington’s increased influence required new mechanisms and ways of behaviour. US diplomacy needed to combine its traditional course meant to protect American interests with the intention of expanding its influence and support democratic governments in the liberated states. However, the policy was accompanied by several serious problems and contradictions, e.g. the US relations with Czecho
journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts