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Jones Howard <1940-> |
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Titolo |
"A new kind of war" [[electronic resource] ] : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece / / Howard Jones |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997, c1989 |
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0-19-771096-4 |
0-19-988057-3 |
0-19-802146-1 |
1-280-52948-2 |
0-19-535429-X |
1-4294-0129-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (705 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World politics - 1945-1955 |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
United States Foreign relations Greece |
Greece Foreign relations United States |
Greece History Civil War, 1944-1949 |
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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. 247-316) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Appendix I. Message of the President of the United States, March 12, 1947Appendix II. Public Law 75, May 22, 1947; Notes; Index |
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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 |
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