Council on Foreign Relations Activities and Impact in the Early Cold War

The immediate postwar period is the focus of this analysis of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The book, authored by Michael Wala, delineates the organization's activities, including its study groups, discussion groups, and publications, and their relationship to international political, military, and economic situations. It is based on extensive analysis of primary sources and was originally published in German.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the influence of think tanks on foreign policy decision-making based on the description of the CFR's activities.
• Studying the relationship between corporate interests and state policy based on the leftist critique mentioned in the description.
• Examining the role of study and discussion groups in shaping elite consensus based on the described activities of the CFR.
• Historical research on Cold War-era foreign policy networks based on the primary source analysis described.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on extensive primary sources, as stated in the description.
• Focuses on a specific and influential organization, the Council on Foreign Relations.
• Covers a defined historical period, the immediate postwar era.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to the original book's research scope.

Provenance

Source

Michael Wala, Assistant Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg.

Collection Method

Extensive analysis of primary sources, as described.

Time Range

Immediate postwar period (Early Cold War).

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United States foreign policy focus, likely with international context.