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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451442503321

Autore

Jones Howard <1940->

Titolo

"A new kind of war" [[electronic resource] ] : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece / / Howard Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997, c1989

ISBN

0-19-802146-1

1-280-52948-2

0-19-535429-X

1-4294-0129-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Disciplina

327.730495

Soggetti

World politics - 1945-1955

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

United States Foreign relations Greece

Greece Foreign relations United States

Greece History Civil War, 1944-1949

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Appendix I. Message of the President of the United States, March 12, 1947Appendix II. Public Law 75, May 22, 1947; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a ""victory"" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became the battlefield for a new kind of war--one that included the use of guerrilla warfare, propaganda, war in the shadows, terror tactics and victory based on outlasting the enemy. It was also a test before the world of America's resolve to protect the principle of self-de