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From hot war to cold the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 /

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Main Author: Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces) > United States > History.
Sea-power > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Military policy > Decision making.
United States > History, Naval > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
  • Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning
  • The Navy and unification
  • The National Security Act achieved
  • Preparing for a new enemy
  • War ends in the Pacific
  • Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946
  • Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat
  • Adjusting to the National Military Establishment
  • Living in "interesting times"
  • Slugging it out on Capitol Hill
  • Events in the western Pacific
  • Troubles on the Korean Peninsula
  • Deciding to fight
  • Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages
  • The Eisenhower national security structure
  • Rethinking national strategy
  • Coping with the new look
  • A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure.

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