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UNINA9910822717403321 |
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Autore |
Freedman Lawrence |
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Kennedy's wars : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam / / Lawrence Freedman |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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0-19-771412-9 |
0-19-988116-2 |
1-280-47320-7 |
0-19-803075-4 |
1-60256-865-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (561 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 |
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Cuba History Invasion, 1961 |
United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 |
United States Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface: Kennedy's Wars; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; I. The Cold War and How to Fight It; 1. Liberal Anticommunism; 2. Beyond Massive Retaliation; 3. The Third World Alternative; 4. Policies and People; II. Berlin and Nuclear Strategy; 5. The New Strategy; 6. To Vienna and Back; 7. The Berlin Anomaly; 8. A Contest of Resolve; 9. The Wall; 10. Tests and Tension; 11. Flexible Response; 12. Berlin to Cuba; III. Cuba; 13. Removing Castro; 14. A Deniable Plan; 15. An Undeniable Fiasco; 16. Still Castro; 17. Mongoose; 18. Searching for Missiles; 19. The Options Debated; 20. Blockade |
21. Military Steps22. Political Steps; 23. The Denouement; 24. A Crisis Managed; 25. Aftermath; 26. Back to Square One; IV. Alliances and DeĢtente; 27. The Sino-Soviet Split; 28. Toward a Test Ban; 29. The Test Ban Treaty; 30. Measured Response; V. Vietnam; 31. Counterinsurgency; 32. Laos; 33. Commitment without Combat; 34. |
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