02699nam 2200613Ia 450 991078500130332120230421044757.00-19-773440-50-19-987908-71-280-60544-80-19-536272-1(CKB)1000000000407489(EBL)430474(OCoLC)252617153(SSID)ssj0000268649(PQKBManifestationID)11214500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268649(PQKBWorkID)10242313(PQKB)11424582(Au-PeEL)EBL430474(CaPaEBR)ebr10279345(CaONFJC)MIL60544(MiAaPQ)EBC430474(EXLCZ)99100000000040748919970324d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWaging peace[electronic resource] how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy /Robert R. Bowie, Richard H. ImmermanNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (330 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514048-6 0-19-506264-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-306) and index.Foreword; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Prologue; Part II: Processes and Inputs; Part III: The Strategy; Part IV: Epilogue; Notes; IndexWaging Peace offers the first fully comprehensive study of Eisenhower's ""New Look"" program of national security, which provided the groundwork for the next three decades of America's Cold War strategy. Though the Cold War itself and the idea of containment originated under Truman, it was left to Eisenhower to develop the first coherent and sustainable strategy for addressing the issues unique to the nuclear age. To this end, he designated a decision-making system centered around the National Security Council to take full advantage of the expertise and data from various departments and agenciNational securityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCommunist countriesForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1953-1961United StatesForeign relationsCommunist countriesNational securityHistory327.73Bowie Robert R(Robert Richardson),1909-2013.262047Immerman Richard H473430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785001303321Waging peace3781602UNINA