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Autore |
McFarland Keith D. <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Louis Johnson and the arming of America : the Roosevelt and Truman years / / Keith D. Mcfarland and David L. Roll |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07263-3 |
9786612072635 |
0-253-11164-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cabinet officers - United States |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
United States Politics and government 1945-1953 |
United States Military policy |
United States Defenses History 20th century |
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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. 427-435) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bedford Blood; 2. Foot in the Door; 3. Like Feuding Schoolboys; 4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"; 5. Understanding FDR; 6. Surviving FDR; 7. "But You Promised Me"; 8. Personal Representative of the President; 9. Long Shot Pays Off; 10. Inside the Pentagon; 11. Revolt of the Admirals; 12. "Like a Meatchopper on Roundsteak"; 13. "My God, the Russians Have the Bomb"; 14. Entangling Alliance; 15. "Till the Dust Settles"; 16. Last Week in June; 17. "Give Me Two American Divisions and I Can Hold Korea"; 18. Means of Descent |
19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""Without question this is an important new addition to World War II and Cold War historiography.... Highly recommended."" -- Douglas Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey beyond the White House""A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study |
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