03061oam 2200745 a 450 991095751410332120200520144314.0979840061731797866104691789781280469176128046917X978031305758803130575839780313048449031304844410.5040/9798400617317(CKB)1000000000452368(EBL)492183(OCoLC)61192657(SSID)ssj0000109961(PQKBManifestationID)11142685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109961(PQKBWorkID)10059627(PQKB)10167604(Au-PeEL)EBL492183(CaPaEBR)ebr10349355(CaONFJC)MIL46917(DLC)BP9798400617317BC(MiAaPQ)EBC492183(Perlego)4260576(EXLCZ)99100000000045236820240214e20032024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeginnings of the Cold War arms race the Truman administration and the U.S. arms build-up /Raymond P. Ojserkis1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2003.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780275980160 0275980162 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Introduction; 1. Demobilization; 2. Consolidation; 3. Reconsideration; 4. Transformation; 5. Globalization; 6. Actualization; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe Truman administration's decision to embark on an arms build-up in 1950 was a critical event. For the first time other than a World War, the United States became a global military presence. Unlike the World Wars, in this instance the deployment lasted decades, altering the nature of the Cold War and the United States' global role. Such a decision deserves a book dedicated to understanding the strategy and politics behind it. The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race serves that purpose.||The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race reviews the state of American military affairs in the late 1940sArms raceHistory20th centuryCold WarMilitary readinessHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1953United StatesMilitary policyArms raceHistoryCold War.Military readinessHistory355/.033573/09044Ojserkis Raymond P.1969-1814821DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910957514103321Beginnings of the Cold War arms race4368954UNINA