United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968
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United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968

The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies

  1. 359 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968

The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies

About this book

Between 1945 and 1968, the possibility of Mutual Assured Destruction led to a host of odd realities, including the creation of an affable cartoon turtle named Bert who taught millions of school children that nuclear war was survivable if they simply learned how to "duck and cover." Meanwhile, fear of Communism played out against the backdrop of potential Armageddon to provide justification for a variety of covert operations involving regime change, political assassination, and sometimes bizarre plot twists. United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968: The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies takes a fresh look at this complex, often confusing, and frequently farcical period in American and world history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. United States Foreign Policy 1945–1968
  3. United States Foreign Policy 1945–1968: The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter I
  9. The Unsatisfying Nature of Satisficing
  10. International Developments, 1945–1950
  11. Chapter II
  12. Endings and Beginnings
  13. Chapter III
  14. Competing Challenges in an Uncertain World
  15. Chapter IV
  16. Enemies From Within and From Without
  17. Chapter V
  18. International Developments, 1951–1960
  19. One Step Forward, One Step Back
  20. Chapter VI
  21. Caught in the Middle
  22. Chapter VII
  23. Things Are Seldom What They Seem
  24. International Developments, 1961–1968
  25. Chapter VIII
  26. Persisting Problems on the New Frontier
  27. Chapter IX
  28. Assumptions versus Realities
  29. Chapter X
  30. To the Edge of Armageddon and Back Again
  31. Chapter XI
  32. Down the Rabbit Hole
  33. Chapter XII
  34. Hot Spots beyond Vietnam
  35. Chapter XIII
  36. Rationalizing Away Qualms
  37. Chapter XIV
  38. A Matter of Sovereignty
  39. Chapter XV
  40. Looking Back across Twenty-Three Years
  41. Bibliography
  42. Index
  43. About the Author