A Preponderance of Power - National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War

This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning new interpretation of U.S. national security policy during the formative stages of the Soviet-American rivalry. Illustrated with 15 halftones and 10 maps.

About the author

Melvyn P. Leffler is Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Summary

This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning new interpretation of U.S. national security policy during the formative stages of the Soviet-American rivalry. Illustrated with 15 halftones and 10 maps.

Additional text

"The best book to date on the Truman administration and the origins of the Cold War."

Product details

• Authors: Leffler, Melvyn leffler, Melvyn P Leffler, Melvyn P. Leffler, Leffler Melvyn, Melvyn P. Leffler
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1993
• EAN: 9780804722186
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2218-6
• No. of pages: 712
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 242 mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 1129 g
• Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series; Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperbac; Stanford Nuclear Age Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science