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Autore |
Barlow Jeffrey G. <1946-> |
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From hot war to cold [[electronic resource] ] : the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / / Jeffrey G. Barlow |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1468 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National security - United States - History - 20th century |
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces) - United States - History |
Sea-power - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy Decision making |
United States History, Naval 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-682) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning -- The Navy and unification -- The National Security Act achieved -- Preparing for a new enemy -- War ends in the Pacific -- Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946 -- Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat -- Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- Living in "interesting times" -- Slugging it out on Capitol Hill -- Events in the western Pacific -- Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- Deciding to fight -- Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages -- The Eisenhower national security structure -- Rethinking national strategy -- Coping with the new look -- A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book discusses the role of the U.S. Navy within the country's national security structure during the first decade of the Cold War from the perspective of the service's senior uniformed officer, the Chief of Naval Operations, and his staff. It examines a variety of important issues of the period, including the Army-Navy fight over unification that led to the creation of the National Security Act of 1947, the early |
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