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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809989803321

Autore

Bowie Robert R (Robert Richardson), <1909->

Titolo

Waging peace : how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy / / Robert R. Bowie, Richard H. Immerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-773440-5

0-19-987908-7

1-280-60544-8

0-19-536272-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Altri autori (Persone)

ImmermanRichard H

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

National security - United States - History - 20th century

Communist countries Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1953-1961

United States Foreign relations Communist countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Prologue; Part II: Processes and Inputs; Part III: The Strategy; Part IV: Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a comprehensive study of Eisenhower's "New Look" programme of national security and the three decades of America's Cold War strategy. The authors examine "containment", the first strategy conceived to meet the nuclear threat.