I. Introduction -- II. The immediate postwar period -- III. The peace conference and after -- IV. The effect of Marshall Aid -- V. The Berlin blockade -- VI. Czechoslovakian Coup d'État -- VII. The Yugoslav schism -- VIII. The atom deadlock -- IX. North Atlantic and West German rearmament -- X. The situation outside UNO - and within. -- XI. Revolt against imperialism -- XII. War in Korea -- XIII. Last act -- XIV. Summing up.