03670nam 2200769Ia 450 991082271740332120200520144314.00-19-771412-90-19-988116-21-280-47320-70-19-803075-41-60256-865-010.1093/oso/9780195134537.001.0001(CKB)1000000000363143(EBL)279605(OCoLC)229927013(SSID)ssj0000301001(PQKBManifestationID)11947508(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301001(PQKBWorkID)10263177(PQKB)10058045(Au-PeEL)EBL279605(CaPaEBR)ebr10269226(CaONFJC)MIL47320(MiAaPQ)EBC279605(OCoLC)1406788951(StDuBDS)9780197714126(OCoLC)829243864(FINmELB)ELB163992(EXLCZ)99100000000036314320010329d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKennedy's wars Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam /Lawrence FreedmanNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20001 online resource (561 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2000.0-19-515243-3 0-19-513453-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index.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. Blockade21. Military Steps22. Political Steps; 23. The Denouement; 24. A Crisis Managed; 25. Aftermath; 26. Back to Square One; IV. Alliances and Détente; 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. Deciding not to Decide; 35. The Taylor Report; 36. Decisions; 37. The Influence of Laos; 38. In the Dark; 39. Coercion and Clients; 40. Diem's Assassination; 41. Kennedy to Johnson; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; LMN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis text draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy's approach to war and his efforts for peace.Oxford scholarship online.Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962Vietnam War, 1961-1975CubaHistoryInvasion, 1961United StatesForeign relations1961-1963United StatesMilitary policyBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.Vietnam War, 1961-1975.973.922Freedman Lawrence299017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822717403321Kennedy's wars227003UNINA