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The national security : its theory and practice, 1945-1960 / edited by Norman A. Graebner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Civil-military relations--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil-military relations.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume, a collection of papers given at a conference at West Point, examines the national security policies developed by the United States under the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.
- Contents:
- Contents; A Note on the Contributors; Introduction: The Sources of Postwar Insecurity; THE COURSE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY; 1 The National Security Policy from Truman to Eisenhower: Did the ""Hidden Hand"" Leadership Make Any Difference?; 2 Economic Foreign Policy and the Quest for Security; THE EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR PLANNING; 3 Scientists, Arms Control, and National Security; 4 The Origins of Overkill: Nuclear Weapons and American Strategy; THE BUREAUCRATIC AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT; 5 Civil-Military Relations: The President and the General
- 6 The Presidency and National Security Organization7 The Domestic Politics of National Security; Conclusion: The Limits of Nuclear Strategy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52310-7
- 9786610523108
- 0-19-802103-8
- OCLC:
- 476014582
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