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Author Warren, James A.

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

Publication Info. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, [1996]
©1996

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J327.73 WAR    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J327.73 WAR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 327.73 WAR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J327.73 W25C    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Cold War -- Juvenile literature.
World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Juvenile literature.
World politics -- 1985-1995 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Juvenile literature.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 0688105963
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