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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777408603321

Autore

Truman Harry S. <1884-1972.>

Titolo

Defending the West [[electronic resource] ] : the Truman-Churchill correspondence, 1945-1960 / / edited with an introduction by G.W. Sand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Publishers, c2004

ISBN

1-282-42813-6

9786612428135

0-313-05381-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the study of world history, , 0885-9159 ; ; no. 107

Altri autori (Persone)

ChurchillWinston <1874-1965.>

SandG. W (Gregory W.)

Disciplina

327.73041/09/045

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Prime ministers - Great Britain

World War, 1939-1945 - Peace

Cold War

United States Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

United States Foreign relations 1953-1961

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. [237]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Introduction; Part One: The End of the Second World War; 1 Ending the War in Europe; 2 Preparing for Potsdam-and After; Part Two: Cold War to the Korean War; 3 Journey to Fulton, 1945-1946; 4 The Cold War, 1947-1951; 5 Churchill's Second Premiership; Part Three: The Last Years; 6 The Years 1953 to 1955; 7 The Last Phase; Conclusion; Appendixes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Covers the wartime correspondence between President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill and includes more than a decade of subsequent personal and official correspondence between the two.