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Warren, James A.

Cold War : the American crusade against world communism, 1945-1991 / by James A. Warren.

1st ed.

New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, ©1996.

288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

For almost 50 years after World War II, the antagonism caused by two rival ideologies-democracy and communism-dominated international politics. In the first comprehensive study of the cold war since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, James Warren takes a thoughtful look at where America has been and where we might be headed.

Cold War.

World politics -- 1945-1989.

World politics -- 1985-1995.

United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.

End ... and the beginning -- U.S. response: Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- From the Berlin airlift to the "loss" of China -- War in Korea 1950-80 -- Cold war at home -- Eisenhower years -- John F. Kennedy: The New Frontier and Cuba -- Cold war tragedy: War in Vietnam -- From Nixon to Carter 1969-80 -- 1980's: Cold War II and the end of an era -- Reflections -- Selected chronology of the Cold War 1945-91 -- Further reading -- Appendix 1: Federal Defense Budget outlays 1945-91 -- Appendix 2: Annual National Defense spending outlays as a percentage of all government spending 1945-91.

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