Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race - The Truman Administration and the U.S. Arms Build-Up

The Truman administration's decision to embark on an arms build-up in 1950 was a critical event. For the first time other than a World War, the United States became a global military presence. Unlike the World Wars, in this instance the deployment lasted decades, altering the nature of the Cold War and the United States' global role. Such a decision deserves a book dedicated to understanding the strategy and politics behind it. The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race serves that purpose.

The Beginnings of the Cold War Arms Race reviews the state of American military affairs in the late 1940s and describes the role of atomic power in American strategy. It also outlines the factional fighting within the Truman administration over military spending and deployments and considers the Truman administration's perceptions of Soviet military power and intentions. The author presents a fascinating account of the strategy and politics behind the Truman administration's decision to engage in a massive arms build-up that initiated the Cold War arms race.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Demobilization
Consolidation
Reconsideration
Transformation
Globalization
Actualization
Conclusions
Bibliography

About the author

Raymond Ojserkis

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Ojserkis, Raymond P. Ojserkis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2003
• EAN: 9780275980160
• ISBN: 978-0-275-98016-0
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, General & world history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history, Military and defence strategy, Weapons & equipment, Weapons and equipment, American History: Conflict