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Kennedy's wars : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam / Lawrence Freedman.
LIBRA E841 .F69 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Military leadership.
- Command of troops.
- United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
- United States.
- International relations.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961.
- Cuba.
- History.
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 528 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In this examination of President John F. Kennedy's dealings with tensions in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam, a noted historian draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy as an effective military strategist who was able to prevent a major war during his presidency. 16 halftones. 3 maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [489]-505) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195134532
- OCLC:
- 43118283
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