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Zusatztext fascinating Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Freedman has been Professor of War Studies at King's College, London since 1982. He has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the Cold War, as well as commentating regularly on contemporary security issues. Elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1995, he was appointed by Prime Minister Tony Blair as Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign in 1997. Klappentext In his thousand-day presidency, John F. Kennedy led America through one of its most difficult and potentially explosive eras. With the Cold War at its height and the threat of communist advances in Europe and the Third World, Kennedy had the unenviable task of maintaining U.S. solidaritywithout leading the western world into a nuclear catastrophe. In Kennedy's Wars, noted historian Lawrence Freedman draws on the best of Cold War scholarship and newly released government documents to illuminate Kennedy's approach to war and his efforts for peace. He recreates insightfully the political and intellectual milieu of the foreign policyestablishment during Kennedy's era with vivid profiles of his top advisors--Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Robert Kennedy--and influential figures such as Dean Acheson and Walt Rostow. Tracing the evolution of traditional liberalism into the Cold War liberalism of Kennedy's cabinet, Freedman evaluatestheir responses to the tensions in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam. He gives each conflict individual attention, showing how foreign policy decisions came to be defined for each new crisis in the light of those that had gone before. The book follows Kennedy as he wrestles with the succession ofmajor conflicts--taking advice, weighing the risks of inadvertently escalating the Cold War into outright military confrontation, exploring diplomatic options, and forming strategic judgments that would eventually prevent a major war during his presidency. Zusammenfassung An unprecedented portrait of John F. Kennedy as a Cold War military strategist Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface - Kennedy's Wars Dramatis Personae Introduction Section 1: The Cold War and How to Fight It 1: Liberal Anti Communism 2: Beyond Massive Retaliation 3: The Third World Alternative 4: Policies and People Section 2: Berlin and Nuclear Statagy 5: The New Stratagy 6: To Vienna and Back 7: The Berlin Anomaly 8: A Contest of Resolve 9: The Wall 10: Tests and Tension 11: Flexible Response 12: Berlin to Cuba Section 3: Cuba 13: Removing Castro 14: A Deniable Plan 15: A Undeniable Fiasco 16: Still Castro 17: Mongoose 18: Searching for Missiles 19: The Options Debated 20: Blockade 21: Military Steps 22: Political Steps 23: The Denoument 24: A Crisis Managed 25: Aftermath 26: Back to Square One Section 4: Alliances and Detente 27: The Sino-Soviet Split 28: Towards a Test Ban 29: The Test Ban Treaty 30: Measured Response Section 5: Vietnam 31: Counter-Insurgency 32: Laos 33: Commitment Without Combat 34: Deciding Not To Decide 35: The Taylor Report 36: Decisions 37: The Influence Of Laos 38: In the Dark 39: Coercion and Clients 40: Diem's Assassination 41: Kennedy to Johnson Conclusion Notes Bibliography ...
