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The United States in the world arena; an essay in recent history.

Title: The United States in the world arena; an essay in recent history.
Author: Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003.
Publication: New York, Harper [1960]

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Description

xxii, 568 pages diagrams, tables; 24 cm

Series Statement

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies. American project series

Uniform Title

American project series.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Book One-A prologue: variations on three themes -- introduction -- the stages of american economic growth -- the evolution of the national style -- the evolution of the concept of the national interest -- the evolution of the american diplomat and soldier -- Book Two: the second world war -- Part 1. A perspective -- the national style and the national interest in the seconds world war -- the washington scene: policy, methods, and men -- the shape of the battle -- Part 2. The military experience: three dimensions of innovation -- science, technology, and war -- the development of strategic air power -- the wartime experience of military alliance -- a military balance sheet for the second world war -- Part 3. The diplomacy of war and peacemaking -- diplomatic expediency, world order, and the national interest -- france -- germany -- poland -- asia -- planning the postwar institutions -- Part 4. A conclusion -- wartime origins of the cold war -- Book Three: the truman-stalin duel -- Part 1. The new challenge -- return to the defensive -- the first two stages of postwar communist policy -- Part 2. The slide into cold war -- american military policy: 1945-1947 -- the surrender of eastern europe: 1945-1946 -- the split of germany: 1945-1946 -- the emerging concept of unity in western europe: 1945-1946 -- chinese civil war: 1945-1946 -- Part 3. The american counteroffensive -- the american response in europe -- the political background of military policy: 1947-1950 -- the military services and policymaking: 1947-1950 -- the korean war: its military and political conduct -- the korean war: political decisions, the debate, and a summation -- Part 4. The watershed of teh early 1950's -- intimations of a new phase -- the new military equation -- american policy and the rise of new nations: 1945-1952 -- from truman to eisenhower -- Book Four: The eisenhower administration and its crisis -- Part 1. Introduction -- the three new issues -- Part 2. The new communist offensive -- policy within the communist bloc -- soviet military policy -- soviet policy in the underdeveloped areas -- soviet policy toward western europe -- Part 3. The eisenhower first term -- the "great equation" -- military policy -- policy in the underdeveloped areas -- policy toward western europe -- dealing with the soviet union -- Part 4. The crisis of 1956-1958 -- the underdeveloped areas -- military policy -- nato -- the crisis of 1956-1958 in perspective -- Part 5. The eisenhower administration: its special character -- Book Five: Prospects and problems -- Part 1. Introduction -- probing the future -- Part 2. The diffusion of power -- the future of the world arena -- the future of communism -- the future of the underdeveloped areas -- the future of western europe and japan -- american policy and the future -- Part 3. The dynamics of american society -- the domestic base -- recent patterns of change -- have american values changed? -- the domestic crisis of 1956-1958 -- prospects for the future -- Book Six: The american agenda -- the tasks of american society -- moralism, morality, and the national interest -- theory, fact, and public policy -- bureaucracy, innovation, and the individual -- innovation, leadership, and the democratic process -- the political economy of a continental community in time of protracted crisis -- the future of teh national style

LCCN

60007568

OCLC

ocm00262996
262996
SCSB-131253

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Princeton University Library