1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458220703321

Autore

Freedman Lawrence

Titolo

Kennedy's wars [[electronic resource] ] : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam / / Lawrence Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-47320-7

0-19-803075-4

1-60256-865-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Disciplina

973.922

Soggetti

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Electronic books.

Cuba History Invasion, 1961

United States Foreign relations 1961-1963

United States Military policy

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. [489]-505) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface: Kennedy's Wars; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; I. The Cold War and How to Fight It; 1. Liberal Anticommunism; 2. Beyond Massive Retaliation; 3. The Third World Alternative; 4. Policies and People; II. Berlin and Nuclear Strategy; 5. The New Strategy; 6. To Vienna and Back; 7. The Berlin Anomaly; 8. A Contest of Resolve; 9. The Wall; 10. Tests and Tension; 11. Flexible Response; 12. Berlin to Cuba; III. Cuba; 13. Removing Castro; 14. A Deniable Plan; 15. An Undeniable Fiasco; 16. Still Castro; 17. Mongoose; 18. Searching for Missiles; 19. The Options Debated; 20. Blockade

21. Military Steps22. Political Steps; 23. The Denouement; 24. A Crisis Managed; 25. Aftermath; 26. Back to Square One; IV. Alliances and Détente; 27. The Sino-Soviet Split; 28. Toward a Test Ban; 29. The Test Ban Treaty; 30. Measured Response; V. Vietnam; 31. Counterinsurgency; 32. Laos; 33. Commitment without Combat; 34. Deciding not to Decide; 35. The Taylor Report; 36. Decisions; 37. The



Influence of Laos; 38. In the Dark; 39. Coercion and Clients; 40. Diem's Assassination; 41. Kennedy to Johnson; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President of the United States when the Cold War was at its height, with crises developing over West Berlin, Cuba and Vietnam. Yet most works have focused on the myth of Camelot, rather than Kennedy's role as a military president. This text aims to fill that gap.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462228903321

Autore

Roper Lyndal

Titolo

The witch in the Western imagination [[electronic resource] /] / Lyndal Roper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8139-3300-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Richard lectures for 1998

Studies in early modern German history

Disciplina

700/.477

Soggetti

Witches in art

Witches in literature

Arts, European - Themes, motives

Arts and society - Europe

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One Witchcraft and the Western Imagination""; ""Chapter Two The Gorgon of Augsburg""; ""Chapter Three Dürer's Empty Frame""; ""Chapter Four Envy""; ""Chapter Five Witchcraft and Village Drama""; ""Chapter Six Witches' Children""; ""Chapter Seven The Suicidal Student""; ""Notes""; ""Index""