عنوان

Kennedy's wars :

شابک

0195134532

شابک

0195152433

شابک

9780195134537

شابک

9780195152432

شماره

b534458

عنوان اصلي

Kennedy's wars :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Lawrence Freedman

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Oxford University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2000

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xx, 528 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, map ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-505) and index

متن يادداشت

"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 sustaining political support at home without 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 policy establishment 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 evaluates their 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. Readers will follow Kennedy as he wrestles with a succession of major conflicts - taking advice, weighing the risks of inadvertently escalating the Cold War into outright military confrontation, and exploring diplomatic options. Freedman explains the strategic judgments that served to prevent a major war during Kennedy's presidency."

متن يادداشت

"Kennedy's Wars offers a dynamic and human portrait of Kennedy under pressure: a political leader shaped by the ideas of his time, conscious of his vulnerability to electoral defeat but also of his nation's vulnerability to nuclear war. Military and Kennedy enthusiasts will find its balanced consideration of the president's foreign policy and provocative "what if" scenarios invaluable keys to understanding his accomplishments, failures, and enduring legacy."--Jacket

موضوع مستند نشده

Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),1917-1963

موضوع مستند نشده

Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),1917-1963-- Military leadership

موضوع مستند نشده

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989

موضوع مستند نشده

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

موضوع مستند نشده

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

موضوع مستند نشده

Cuba, History, Invasion, 1961

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Foreign relations, 1961-1963

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Military policy

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Freedman, Lawrence

تاريخ عمليات

20160712065720.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y