America Enters the Cold War - The Road to Global Commitment, 19451950

Zusatztext Grimm's work is an outstanding introduction to the Cold War and its historiography. Students are familiarized with the goliaths of the field! exposed to major historiographical trends and questions! presented with alternative historical paths! and provided primary sources that lay at the heart of early Cold War foreign policy. Grimm's work is very reader-friendly. He offers a timeline of major events as well as several images to provide visual introductions to important people throughout the monograph. -Autumn Lass! Wayland Baptist University Informationen zum Autor Kevin E. Grimm is assistant professor ofhistory at Regent University. Zusammenfassung America Enters the Cold War provides a succinct and insightful analysis of the foreign policy decisions which shaped America’s early involvement in the Cold War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction A World Changes: Europe in the Mid-1940s Envisioning the Soviets: Kennan vs. Wallace Opening Salvos: Truman and His Doctrine How to Fight: NSC-68 and Planning Global Strategy The View After: Victories and Costs Documents

Product details

• Authors: Grimm, Kevin Grimm, Kevin E. Grimm, Kevin E. (Regent University Grimm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138208360
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20836-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Critical Moments in American History; Critical Moments in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Diplomacy, General and world history, History of the Americas, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General