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Autore |
Ojserkis Raymond P. <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Beginnings of the Cold War arms race [[electronic resource] ] : the Truman administration and the U.S. arms build-up / / Raymond P. Ojserkis |
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Westport, CT, : Praeger, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46917-X |
9786610469178 |
0-313-05758-3 |
0-313-04844-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Military readiness - History - 20th century |
Arms race - History - 20th century |
Cold War |
United States Military policy |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
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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. [215]-229) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Introduction; 1. Demobilization; 2. Consolidation; 3. Reconsideration; 4. Transformation; 5. Globalization; 6. Actualization; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Truman administration's decision to embark on an arms build-up in 1950 was a critical event. For the first time other than a World War, the United States became a global military presence. Unlike the World Wars, in this instance the deployment lasted decades, altering the nature of the Cold War and the United States' global role. Such a decision deserves a book dedicated to understanding the strategy and politics behind it. The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race serves that purpose.||The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race reviews the state of American military affairs in the late 1940s |
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