Barlow, Jeffrey G.,  1946- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-682) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy --History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)--History.--United States<br/>Sea-power--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Military policy--Decision making.<br/>United States--History, Naval--20th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>VA58  / .B37 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>359/.03097309044