From hot war to cold
Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-
From hot war to cold the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey G. Barlow. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009. - xii, 710 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-682) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Navy --History--20th century.
National security--History--United States--20th century.
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)--History.--United States
Sea-power--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Military policy--Decision making.
United States--History, Naval--20th century.
Electronic books.
VA58 / .B37 2009eb
359/.03097309044
From hot war to cold the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey G. Barlow. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009. - xii, 710 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-682) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Navy --History--20th century.
National security--History--United States--20th century.
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)--History.--United States
Sea-power--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Military policy--Decision making.
United States--History, Naval--20th century.
Electronic books.
VA58 / .B37 2009eb
359/.03097309044