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The first cold warrior : Harry Truman, containment, and the remaking of liberal internationalism /
From the moment he took the oath of office in April 1945, Harry Truman was required to make difficult decisions in an increasingly dangerous world. The results-notably the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-were the building blocks of containment, a strate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | From the moment he took the oath of office in April 1945, Harry Truman was required to make difficult decisions in an increasingly dangerous world. The results-notably the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-were the building blocks of containment, a strategic approach usually associated with George F. Kennan. In this fresh account, based on primary sources, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding argues that it was Truman himself, shaped by history, experience, and religious faith, who outlined and directed America's practice of containment. In so doing, he esta. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813171288 9780813171289 9780813138398 0813138396 128323257X 9781283232579 9786613232571 6613232572 |