Kennedy's wars : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam / Lawrence Freedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freedman, Lawrence, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Military leadership.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1986.

Cuba--History--Invasion, 1961.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy's approach to war and his efforts for peace.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-505) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771412-9

0-19-988116-2

1-280-47320-7

0-19-803075-4

1-60256-865-0

OCLC:

229927013