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...
| Основен автор: | Spalding, Elizabeth Edwards, 1966- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
℗♭2006.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=162293 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
First cold warrior. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0813171288 9780813171289 9780813138398 0813138396 |