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Waging peace : how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy /
Waging Peace offers the first fully comprehensive study of Eisenhower's "New Look" program of national security, which provided the groundwork for the next three decades of America's Cold War strategy. Though the Cold War itself and the idea of containment originated under Truman...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Waging Peace offers the first fully comprehensive study of Eisenhower's "New Look" program of national security, which provided the groundwork for the next three decades of America's Cold War strategy. Though the Cold War itself and the idea of containment originated under Truman, it was left to Eisenhower to develop the first coherent and sustainable strategy for addressing the issues unique to the nuclear age. To this end, he designated a decision-making system centered around the National Security Council to take full advantage of the expertise and data from various departments an |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 317 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195362725 0195362721 1280605448 9781280605444 |