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9780813123929

The First Cold Warrior

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813123929

  • ISBN10:

    0813123925

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-26
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

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Summary

"Truman deserves greater credit for understanding the challenges of his time and for being America's first cold warrior. This reconsideration of Truman's overlooked statesmanship provides a model for interpreting the international crises facing the United States in this new era of ideological conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Edwards Spalding is assistant professor of government and director of the Washington Program at Claremont McKenna College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(8)
``I'm tired babying the Soviets'' The Beginnings of Truman's Internationalism
9(28)
``The two giant marauders, war and tyranny'' Framing Containment
37(24)
``A growing feeling of certainty in the rightness of our step'' The Truman Doctrine
61(20)
``A noble page in world annals'' The Politics of the Marshall Plan
81(22)
``Bonds far greater than those of mere ideology'' Kennan's Sources of Soviet Conduct
103(26)
``The great principles of human freedom and justice'' The Beginning of the Atlantic Alliance
129(24)
``Peace with freedom and justice cannot be bought cheaply'' The Purpose and Structure of National Security
153(24)
``To assure the integrity and vitality of our free society'' The Culmination of Truman's Containment
177(22)
``We must put on the armor of God'' History, Faith, and Peace in Truman's Thought
199(24)
Conclusion 223(10)
Notes 233(66)
Bibliography 299(12)
Index 311

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