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A preponderance of power: national security, the Truman administration, and the cold war

Leffler, Melvyn P., 1945-

Year: c1992.

Publisher: Stanford University Press.

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Frontmatter

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Ambivalence, Disorganization, and the East European Litmus Test, 1945

2 Global Security, 1945

3 The Cold War Begins, January-November 1946

4 From the Truman Doctrine to the National Security Act, November 1946-July 1947

5 The Marshall Plan, Germany, and the European Cold War, June 1947-June 1948

6 Goals, Tactics, and the Budgetary Conundrum, 1947-1948

7 Acheson Takes Command, November 1948-September 1949

8 Problems, Risk-Taking, and NSC 68, September 1949-June 1950

9 Wresting the Initiative, June-November 1950

10 Progress Amidst Anxiety, November I950-September 1951

11 Preponderance Amidst Instability, September 1951-January 1953

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

A preponderance of power : national security, the Truman administration, and the cold war Melvyn P. Leffler.

Author:

Leffler, Melvyn P., 1945-

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A preponderance of power : national security, the Truman administration, and the cold war Melvyn P. Leffler.
Leffler, Melvyn P., 1945-
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, c1992.

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Subject Headings:

• Cold War
• National security -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953

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