Times of heroism, times of terror American presidents and the Cold War
Title:
Times of heroism, times of terror American presidents and the Cold War
Author:
Thornton, Martin, 1955-
ISBN:
9780313068140
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 175 p.)
Contents:
Total war and the quest for peace, 1945 -- Harry S. Truman and containment, 1946-1952 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower and the military challenge, 1953-1960 -- John F. Kennedy : the problems of foreign policy leadership, 1961-1963 -- Lyndon B. Johnson at war : home and abroad, 1963-1968 -- Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the search for peace, 1969-1974 -- Gerald R. Ford : an interregnum, 1974-1976 -- Jimmy Carter : prisoner in the Rose Garden, 1977-1980 -- Ronald Reagan, Star Wars, and the evil empire, 1981-1988 -- George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War, 1989-1991.
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