A companion to Harry S. Truman / / edited by Daniel S. Margolies
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| Titolo: |
A companion to Harry S. Truman / / edited by Daniel S. Margolies
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (698 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.918092 |
| Soggetto topico: | International relations |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
| United States Politics and government 1945-1953 | |
| Altri autori: |
MargoliesDaniel S. <1969->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Truman in historical, popular, and political memory / Sean J. Savage -- Rhetoric and style of Truman's leadership / Steven Casey -- The issue of American empire / Jeremi Suri -- Harry S. Truman and the decision to use the atomic bomb / Sean Malloy -- The origins of the Cold War in international perspective / Amanda Kay McVety -- Exporting the American experience : global economic governance and the foreign economic policy of the Truman administration / Francine McKenzie -- NSC-68 and the national security state / Curt Cardwell -- Strategists and rhetoricians : Truman's foreign policy advisors / Benjamin A. Coates -- Truman, reconversion, and the emergence of the post-World War II consumer society -- Susannah walker -- The fair deal / Jason Scott Smith -- The election of 1948 / Dean Kotlowski -- The Truman administration and the public policy of civilian defense : making the best of a nightmare / Andrew Grossman -- Environmental history of the Truman years / Mark Harvey -- Truman and civil rights / Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford. |
| Great Britain and American hegemony / Kathleen Rasmussen -- The Truman doctrine / Elizabeth Spalding -- The Marshall Plan / Robert H. Landrum -- Truman and the Middle East / Kelly Shannon -- Harry S. Truman's Latin American policy / Michael Donoghue -- Truman and NATO / Stephanie Trombley -- Truman, the United Nations, and the origins of the post-war world order / Robert McGreevey -- The Truman administration and Cold War neutrals / T. Michael Ruddy -- The legacies of Nuremberg in international law and American policy / Jinee Lokaneeta -- The occupation of Japan : a history of its histories / Hiroshi Kitamura -- The birth of a rivalry : Sino-American relations during the Truman administration / Gregg Brazinsky -- Conflicts in Korea / James Matray -- Setting the pattern : the Truman administration and Southeast Asia / Mark Lawrence. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. * Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency * Provides new approaches to the historiography of Truman and his policies * Features a variety of historiographic methodologies |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A companion to Harry S. Truman |
| ISBN: | 9781782689645 |
| 1782689648 | |
| 9781118300749 | |
| 1118300742 | |
| 9781118300732 | |
| 1118300734 | |
| 9781283644310 | |
| 1283644312 | |
| 9781118300718 | |
| 1118300718 | |
| 9781118300725 | |
| 1118300726 | |
| 9781118300756 | |
| 1118300750 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823723703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Blackwell companions to American history.