New Kind of War - America''s Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece

Zusatztext `Howard Jones has researched this authoritative study from all the available official archives and a wide range of secondary sources.'Times Literary Supplement Klappentext 'One hopes that everyone concerned about U.S. foreign policy will study Jones's excellent work and absorb its thoughtful admonition.' Zusammenfassung This work explores the Truman administration's involvement in the civil war in Greece in the aftermath of World War II. America's fear of Soviet world domination resulted in the establishment of an American military presence on Greek soil and regular arms shipments as part of a containment policy.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Jones, Howard (Professor of History Jones, Jones Howard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.1997
• EAN: 9780195113853
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511385-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History; Internationale Beziehungen, Osteuropa, USA, Griechenland, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), Krieg und Verteidigung, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Greece, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Europe / Greece