"A new kind of war" [[electronic resource] ] : America's global strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece / / Howard Jones

• Autore: Jones Howard <1940->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997, c1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (705 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.730495
• Soggetto topico: World politics - 1945-1955
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1945-1953; United States Foreign relations Greece; Greece Foreign relations United States; Greece History Civil War, 1944-1949
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-316) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Appendix I. Message of the President of the United States, March 12, 1947Appendix II. Public Law 75, May 22, 1947; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a ""victory"" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became the battlefield for a new kind of war--one that included the use of guerrilla warfare, propaganda, war in the shadows, terror tactics and victory based on outlasting the enemy. It was also a test before the world of America's resolve to protect the principle of self-de
• Titolo autorizzato: "A new kind of war"
• ISBN: 0-19-771096-4; 0-19-988057-3; 0-19-802146-1; 1-280-52948-2; 0-19-535429-X; 1-4294-0129-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777016403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II