A preponderance of power [[electronic resource] ] : national security, the Truman administration, and the cold war / / Melvyn P. Leffler

• Record Nr.: UNISA996247863903316
• Autore: Leffler Melvyn P. <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif, : Stanford University Press, 1992
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 689 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill., maps ; ; 25 cm
• Collana: Stanford nuclear age series
• Soggetti: National security - United States; Cold War; United States Foreign relations 1945-1953
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-671) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1: Ambivalence, Disorganization, and the East European Litmus Test, 1945 -- 2: Global Security, 1945 -- 3: The Cold War Begins, January-November 1946 -- 4: From the Truman Doctrine to the National Security Act, November 1946-July 1947 -- 5: The Marshall Plan, Germany, and the European Cold War, June 1947-June 1948 -- 6: Goals, Tactics, and the Budgetary Conundrum, 1947-1948 -- 7: Acheson Takes Command, November 1948-September 1949 -- 8: Problems, Risk-Taking, and NSC 68, September 1949-June 1950 -- 9: Wresting the Initiative, June-November 1950 -- 10: Progress Amidst Anxiety, November I950-September 1951 -- 11: Preponderance Amidst Instability, September 1951-January 1953 -- Conclusion