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New Kind of War : America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece.
Title:
New Kind of War : America's Global Strategy and the Truman Doctrine in Greece.
Author:
Jones, Howard.
ISBN:
9780195354294
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (355 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Holding the Line in Greece -- 2 The Truman Doctrine and the Beginnings of Global Strategy -- 3 The Need for American Military Assistance -- 4 The Call for American Combat Troops -- 5 The Decision to Extend Operational Advice -- 6 The Joint U.S. Military Advisory and Planning Group -- 7 Corollaries of a Global Strategy -- 8 The Greek Children -- 9 Toward the Spring Offensive of 1948 -- 10 Grammos and Vitsi -- 11 The Communists' Peace Offensive -- 12 Denouement -- 13 "On All Fronts„ -- Appendix I. Message of the President of the United States, March 12, 1947 -- Appendix II. Public Law 75, May 22, 1947 -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a "victory" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became the battlefield for a new kind of war--one that included the use of guerrilla warfare, propaganda, war in the shadows, terror tactics and victory based on outlasting the enemy. It was also a test before the world of America's resolve to protect the principle of self-determination. Jones argues that American policy towards Greece was the focal point in the development of a global strategy designed to combat totalitarianism. He also argues that had the White House and others drawn the real "lessons" from the intervention in Greece, the decisions regarding Vietnam might have been more carefully thought out.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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