Lincoln Gordon : architect of Cold War foreign policy / / Bruce L. R. Smith

• Autore: Smith Bruce L. R.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.2092
• Soggetto topico: Diplomats - United States; College teachers - United States; Ambassadors - Brazil; Ambassadors - United States; Cold War
• Soggetto geografico: United States Officials and employees Biography; United States Foreign relations 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "An ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Dorothy and Dad -- Secular humanism at Fieldston -- Harvard in three years -- An American at Oxford -- Allison -- Mobilizing for war -- Controlling the atom -- Birth of the Marshall Plan, 1947-1948 -- The Marshall Plan in action, 1949-1950 -- NATO: from treaty to alliance -- London: a respite -- Business school professor, 1955-1960 -- The Alliance for Progress and JFK advisor -- Ambassador to Brazil -- Assistant secretary -- Johns Hopkins President -- What now? -- Elder statesman -- Going gently.
• Sommario/riassunto: After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as one of the key players in the reconstruction of Europe. In this biography, Bruce L.R. Smith examines Gordon's substantial contributions to US mobilization during the Second World War, Europe's postwar economic recovery, the security framework for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and US policy in Latin America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lincoln Gordon
• ISBN: 0-8131-6545-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464021903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.; ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.