Waging peace : how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy

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Label

Waging peace : how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy

Title remainder

how Eisenhower shaped an enduring cold war strategy

Statement of responsibility

Robert R. Bowie, Richard H. Immerman

Creator

• Bowie, Robert R., (Robert Richardson), 1909-2013

Contributor

• Immerman, Richard H

Subject

• Eisenhower, Dwight D., (Dwight David), 1890-1969
• National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Communist countries
• Communist countries -- Foreign relations -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Waging Peace offers the first fully comprehensive study of Eisenhower's "New Look" program of national security, which provided the groundwork for the next three decades of America's Cold War strategy. Though the Cold War itself and the idea of containment originated under Truman, it was left to Eisenhower to develop the first coherent and sustainable strategy for addressing the issues unique to the nuclear age. To this end, he designated a decision-making system centered around the National Security Council to take full advantage of the expertise and data from various departments an

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• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

327.73

Index

index present

LC call number

E835

LC item number

.B66 1998eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography