Maxwell Taylor's Cold War : from Berlin to Vietnam / Ingo Trauschweizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trauschweizer, Ingo, author.

Series:

American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)

American warriors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987.

Taylor, Maxwell D.

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987--Political and social views.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army.

Political and social views.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Cold War.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

Genre:

Biographies.

Military history.

Physical Description:

viii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]

Summary:

"In Maxwell Taylor's Cold War, author Ingo Trauschweizer will trace the Cold War career of General Taylor, a Kennedy White House insider and architect of American strategy in Vietnam. Working with newly accessible and rarely used primary sources, including the Taylor Papers and government records from the Cold War crisis, Trauschweizer seeks to describe and analyze this polarizing figure in American history. He addresses civil-military relations; the role of individual actors in the national security establishment; the changing nature of war; and the balance of nuclear, conventional, and counterinsurgency strategies in the Cold War. He also aims to yield a new perspective on policy history that combines military, strategic, institutional, intellectual, and international and diplomatic history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

West Point

Cold War frontiers

Reformer and strategist?

Camelot's strategist

Architect of the Vietnam War

Wise man?

Epilogue.

Notes:

"An AUSA book"--Series title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813177007

0813177006

OCLC:

1061865362