Vojtěch Mastný

Vojtech Mastny (born Vojtěch Mastný; 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia ) is an American historian of Czech descent, professor of political science and international relations, specializing in the history of the Cold War. He has been considered one of the leading American authorities on Soviet affairs. Mastny received his Ph.D. from Columbia University Mastny's books include Continental Europe under Nazi Rule, which won him the Clarke F. Ansley award in 1971, Russia's Road to the Cold War, The Helsinki Process and the Reintegration of Europe (1992) and The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity: The Stalin Years, which won the American Historical Association's 1997 George L. Beer Prize.

Selected bibliography

The Czechs Under Nazi Rule: The Failure of National Resistance 1939-1942. Columbia University Press, 1971. Russia's Road to the Cold War, (1979) The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity: the Stalin years (1996)

A Cardboard Castle and inside History of the Warsaw pact 1955-1991 (2005) Turkey Between East And West: New Challenges For A Rising Regional Power (2019)