LEADER 03670nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910822717403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-771412-9 010 $a0-19-988116-2 010 $a1-280-47320-7 010 $a0-19-803075-4 010 $a1-60256-865-0 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195134537.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000363143 035 $a(EBL)279605 035 $a(OCoLC)229927013 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301001 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301001 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10263177 035 $a(PQKB)10058045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279605 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269226 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279605 035 $a(OCoLC)1406788951 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197714126 035 $a(OCoLC)829243864 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB163992 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000363143 100 $a20010329d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKennedy's wars $eBerlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam /$fLawrence Freedman 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (561 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2000. 311 $a0-19-515243-3 311 $a0-19-513453-2 320 $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 8 $aThis text draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy's approach to war and his efforts for peace. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 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. 676 $a973.922 700 $aFreedman$b Lawrence$0299017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822717403321 996 $aKennedy's wars$9227003 997 $aUNINA