Kennedy's wars : Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
- Responsibility
- Lawrence Freedman.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Physical description
- xx, 528 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Course reserve
- Course
- HISTORY-166C-01 -- The Cold War: An International History
- Instructor(s)
- Rakove, Robert Benjamin
- Course
- INTNLREL-154-01 -- The Cold War: An International History
- Instructor(s)
- Rakove, Robert Benjamin
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Freedman, Lawrence.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-505) and index.
- Contents
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- Preface - Kennedy's Wars. Dramatis Personae. Introduction.
- Section 1: The Cold War and How to Fight It.
- 1: Liberal Anti Communism.
- 2: Beyond Massive Retaliation.
- 3: The Third World Alternative.
- 4: Policies and People.
- Section 2: Berlin and Nuclear Statagy.
- 5: The New Stratagy.
- 6: To Vienna and Back.
- 7: The Berlin Anomaly.
- 8: A Contest of Resolve.
- 9: The Wall.
- 10: Tests and Tension.
- 11: Flexible Response.
- 12: Berlin to Cuba.
- Section 3: Cuba13: .
- 13: Removing Castro.
- 14: A Deniable Plan.
- 15: A Undeniable Fiasco.
- 16: Still Castro.
- 17: Mongoose.
- 18: Searching for Missiles.
- 19: The Options Debated.
- 20: Blockade.
- 21: Military Steps.
- 22: Political Steps.
- 23: The Denoument.
- 24: A Crisis Managed.
- 25: Aftermath.
- 26: Back to Square One.
- Section 4: Alliances and Detente.
- 27: The Sino-Soviet Split.
- 28: Towards a Test Ban.
- 29: The Test Ban Treaty.
- 30: Measured Response.
- Section 5: Vietnam.
- 31: Counter-Insurgency.
- 32: Laos.
- 33: Commitment Without Combat.
- 34: Deciding Not To Decide.
- 35: The Taylor Report.
- 36: Decisions.
- 37: The Influence Of Laos.
- 38: In the Dark.
- 39: Coercion and Clients.
- 40: Diem's Assassination.
- 41: Kennedy to Johnson. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography.
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- Summary
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was President of the United States when the Cold War was at its height, with crises developing over West Berlin, Cuba and Vietnam. Yet most biographies and books about the Presidency focus on the myth of Camelot, rather than Kennedy's role as a military president. Backed by a wealth of primary documents, Lawrence Freedman provides a vivid portrait of Kennedy as he wrestled with these big issues of war and peace.
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Subjects
- Subject
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Military leadership.
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963.
- United States > Military policy.
- Cuba > History > Invasion, 1961.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2000
- ISBN
- 0195134532 (alk. paper)
- 9780195134537 (alk. paper)
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