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"Lessons" of the past : the use and misuse of history in American foreign policy / [by] Ernest R. May.

Title
"Lessons" of the past : the use and misuse of history in American foreign policy / [by] Ernest R. May.
Author
May, Ernest R.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1973.

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Description
xiv, 220 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
  • 1900-1999
  • Forensic Dentistry
  • United States > Historiography
  • United States > Foreign relations > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. How the past has been used -- World War II: preparing for the last peace -- The Cold War: preventing World War II -- Korea, 1950: history overpowering calculation -- Vietnam: the bed of procrustes -- 2. How the past might be used -- Analysis: bombing for peace -- Prediction: U.S. foreign policy in the next decade -- Tasks for historians.
ISBN
019501698X
LCCN
^^^73082670^
OCLC
  • 763796
  • SCSB-11710189
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library