Kennedy's wars [[electronic resource] ] : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam / / Lawrence Freedman

• Autore: Freedman Lawrence
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (561 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.922
• Soggetto topico: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Soggetto geografico: Cuba History Invasion, 1961; United States Foreign relations 1961-1963; United States Military policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; 21. Military Steps22. Political Steps; 23. The Denouement; 24. A Crisis Managed; 25. Aftermath; 26. Back to Square One; IV. Alliances and Détente; 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 ; MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: John 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Kennedy's wars
• ISBN: 0-19-771412-9; 0-19-988116-2; 1-280-47320-7; 0-19-803075-4; 1-60256-865-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822717403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II