From hot war to cold [electronic resource] : the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / Jeffrey G. Barlow.
Material type:
- 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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- VA58 .B37 2009eb
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.
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