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From hot war to cold : the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955

Title
From hot war to cold : the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / Jeffrey G. Barlow.
Author
Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009.

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Description
xii, 710 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-682) and index.
Contents
Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning -- The Navy and unification -- The National Security Act achieved -- Preparing for a new enemy -- War ends in the Pacific -- Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946 -- Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat -- Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- Living in "interesting times" -- Slugging it out on Capitol Hill -- Events in the western Pacific -- Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- Deciding to fight -- Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages -- The Eisenhower national security structure -- Rethinking national strategy -- Coping with the new look -- A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure.
Call Number
JFE 09-2011
ISBN
  • 9780804756662 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 080475666X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008022444
OCLC
229467447
Author
Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-
Title
From hot war to cold : the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / Jeffrey G. Barlow.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-682) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-2011
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