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A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War

Melvyn P. Leffler
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Abbreviations (page xix)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • 1 Ambivalence, Disorganization, and the East European Litmus Test, 1945 (page 25)
  • 2 Global Security, 1945 (page 55)
  • 3 The Cold War Begins, January-November 1946 (page 100)
  • 4 From the Truman Doctrine to the National Security Act, November 1946-July 1947 (page 141)
  • 5 The Marshall Plan, Germany, and the European Cold War, June 1947-June 1948 (page 182)
  • 6 Goals, Tactics, and the Budgetary Conundrum, 1947-1948 (page 220)
  • 7 Acheson Takes Command, November 1948-September 1949 (page 266)
  • 8 Problems, Risk-Taking, and NSC 68, September 1949-June 1950 (page 312)
  • 9 Wresting the Initiative, June-November 1950 (page 361)
  • 10 Progress Amidst Anxiety, November I950-September 1951 (page 398)
  • 11 Preponderance Amidst Instability, September 1951-January 1953 (page 446)
  • Conclusion (page 495)
  • Notes (page 521)
  • Bibliography (page 641)
  • Index (page 673)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
IS 18.1 (Summer 1993): 174-207 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-2889%28199322%2918%3A1%3C174%3ATEOUCW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
AHR 98.2 (Apr. 1993): 604-605 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199304%2998%3A2%3C604%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F
APSR 87.1 (Mar. 1993): 261-262 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28199303%2987%3A1%3C261%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
IA 68.4 (Oct.1992): 710-711 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-5850%28199210%2968%3A4%3C710%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G
RAH 20.3 (Sep. 1992): 411-415 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28199209%2920%3A3%3C411%3ACWWPAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
JAH 79.2 (Sep 1992): 725-726 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28199209%2979%3A2%3C725%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
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Published: c1992
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780804719247 (hardcover)
  • 9780804722186 (paper)
Subject
  • American: 1900-present
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