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200 10$aKennedy's wars$b[electronic resource] $eBerlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam /$fLawrence Freedman
210   $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2000
215   $a1 online resource (561 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index.
327   $aContents; 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. Blockade
327   $a21. Military Steps22. Political Steps; 23. The Denouement; 24. A Crisis Managed; 25. Aftermath; 26. Back to Square One; IV. Alliances and De?tente; 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; L
327   $aMN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
330   $aJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy was President of the United States when the Cold War was at its height, with crises developing over West Berlin, Cuba and Vietnam. Yet most works have focused on the myth of Camelot, rather than Kennedy's role as a military president. This text aims to fill that gap.
606   $aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
606   $aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962
606   $aVietnam War, 1961-1975
607   $aCuba$xHistory$yInvasion, 1961
607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1961-1963
607   $aUnited States$xMilitary policy
615  0$aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
615  0$aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
615  0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
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