ALAN J. LEVINE, a historian specializing in Russian history, international relations, and World War II, has published many articles about World War II and the Cold War./e He is the author of The Soviet Union, The Communist Movement and the World: Prelude to the Cold War (Praeger, 1990), The Strategic Bombing of Germany (Praeger, 1992), and, i>The Missile and Space Race (Praeger, 1994).